Martha Locke Wallace, 79, of Kennett, died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at St. Bernards Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.

Born Dec. 17, 1928, in Columbus, Miss., daughter of the late Oscar Brothers and Mattie Ashford Locke, she was an alcohol and drug counselor for the state of Missouri and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Kennett.

She married Glen Wallace, who preceded her in death. On Oct. 28, 1995, in Kennett, she married Gordon E. Masters, who survives.

Survivors also include two daughters, Locke Wallace Ogens, of Weston, Mass., and Lucie Wallace Cammack, of Nashville, Tenn.; one son, Ashford Wallace, of Santa Monica, Calif., and four grandchildren, Julia and Martha Cammock and Katie and Wallace Ogens.

Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, March 15, at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jocelyn VanBuskirk officiating.

Landess Funeral Home in Malden, Mo., is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army.