RoyOMartin chairman dies at age 70

RoyOMartin, a local wood products company, has announced the passing of chairman Jonathan E. Martin.

Jonathan E. Martin worked for the RoyOMartin family business for 49 years.

Martin contracted idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis nearly two years, an incurable disease.

He was 70 years old the time of his passing and would have turned 71 on October 3rd.

Services for Jonathan E. Martin will be held at Calvary Baptist Church in Alexandria on Friday and Saturday.