Martha Daniel Lecornu

Martha Daniel LeCornu, 84, died Tuesday, August 31, 2021 in Byhalia, MS.  She was born May 3, 1937 in Robbs, MS in Pontotoc County to Rex Lamar Daniel and Mamie Pearl Daniel.  She was a teacher for 28 years in North Carolina: 18 years with the State of North Carolina Cumberland County School System and 10 years with the State of North Carolina Wilkes County School System.  She was also a teacher for two years with the State of Mississippi Noxubee County and Winston County School Systems.  She was a member of the North Carolina Association of Educators and received the Teacher of the Year honor from 1997-1999.  She was a Sunday School teacher.  She was a member of Bruce United Methodist Church.

Martha was preceded in death by her parents Rex Lamar Daniel and Mamie Prewett Daniel; brother Jerry Lamar Daniel and husband Clifton Mosley LeCornu.

The service and burial are being held at Robbs Cemetery Pavilion on Saturday September 4, 2021 at 1:00 PM in Pontotoc County MS with Reverend Jeff Dalton officiating.

Survivors include her two children: her daughter Teresa LeCornu Routh and her husband Michael S. Routh of Memphis, TN; her son Timothy Clifton LeCornu of Raleigh, NC; two grandchildren: Stephen LeCornu Routh and Jennifer Routh Lewis and her husband Benjamin Hunter Lewis; and one great-granddaugher Aeli Lynn Lewis. One sister Faye Daniel Wilkinson and her husband Herb Wilkinson of Vicksburg, MS; one sister-in-law, Sandra Daniel of Pontotoc, MS.

The Staff of Parker Memorial Funeral Home is honored to serve the family as they begin this new season of life. We ask that you keep them in your thoughts and prayers as they mourn the loss of their loved one.