Martha Jane Bellomy's Obituary
Martha Jane Bellomy, age 88, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, April 30,
2023. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church in Frisco.
Martha was born on March 5, 1935, in Dallas, Texas. She grew up in Dallas with wonderful parents who
lived through the depression and taught her to be frugal, yet generous. Martha attended Stephen J. Hay
Elementary School for grades 1 – 8.
During this time, she rode three Dallas city buses just to get to school. Her family’s car was on blocks
because the tires were needed for the war.
Martha’s parents raised her in a home where God was loved, and during her grade school days Martha
gave her life to Jesus.
After grade school, Martha attended North Dallas High at graduated at age 16. Later, after she was
married, she obtained a B.S. Degree as well as her Master’s Degree in Education from North Texas
University where she graduated with high honors.
Martha and her husband William (also known as Bill) met because of their love for Christian music. Bill
called Martha because he needed a piano accompanist at a church where he was to play the Hawaiian guitar.
They talked on the phone for two hours before they ever met each other. They were married in
North Temple Baptist Church in Dallas on December 20, 1952. Their love of music continued as Martha
played the piano and organ and Bill played the guitar, trombone, and vibraphone in churches in Dallas,
Spur, Brownsville, Denton, Farmers Branch, Garland, and Frisco throughout their married life.
Bill and Martha worked to help each other through college. Martha worked in Waco while Bill finished
his education at Baylor. Then, their education journey took them to Brownsville and Denton, where they
finished at North Texas.
After Martha received her B. S. degree, she became a teacher. She taught for 24 years mainly in the
Dallas Independent School district at W.A. Blair and George W. Truett Elementary Schools, where she
taught her favorite grade- third. She also taught fourth through sixth grade art because she loved art
almost as much as she loved music. Martha was a finalist for the D. I. S. D. teacher of the year more than
once.
Because Martha and Bill were teachers, they had fun every summer traveling all over the United States
with an Airstream trailer. They took their daughter, Darla, to all 48 contiguous states. Martha and Bill
went to all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico, and many Caribbean islands. After they retired, they spent
45 days touring Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy.
They spent six weeks touring England, Scotland, and Wales. Martha said that one of her favorite sights
was the Grand Canal in Venice. Martha and Bill took Darla, Donald and Christi on cruises, and later
Ryan, Zoe and Judah joined them on the cruise adventures. One of Martha’s favorite cruises was with
Darla to the Norwegian fjords.
Martha and Bill were members of the Airstream Club, the Wally Byam Caravan Club International.
Martha was the Corresponding Secretary for the North Texas Unit. They enjoyed all the monthly rally
camp outs and international Airstream rallies back in the 1970s.
In their later years, Martha helped Bill with his passion for genealogy. This led to more adventures as
they researched the family tree. Martha and Bill loved attending family reunions in Alabama, Texas,
Virginia, and Tennessee.
Other things Martha did after retirement included volunteering as a Visual Aid for the blind and teaching
ESL classes at her church in Garland. Martha and Bill lived in Garland for 42 years. In 2015 they felt very
blessed to move across the street from their daughter in Frisco. Martha jumped into volunteering at
Newman Elementary, where Darla taught, by reading with children.
Martha was a talented writer. She enjoyed writing and performing skits, and composing poems for
people about their lives. She wrote several songs with her brother-in-law, Bill Davis. Bill made two
albums with some of these songs recorded on them.
Martha loved reading books from the library and watching movies and game shows. In 1999, after years
of attempts, she finally got to, “Come on down!” She was a contestant on The Price is Right!
Martha also cherished her Red Hat and TOPS groups. She was blessed to have so many friends.
Martha was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Maidelle Trumpf, and her most wonderful
husband of 66 years, William Bellomy. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, Darla Jane and
Donald Campbell; granddaughter, Christi Jane Shuhart and her husband Ryan; two great grandchildren,
Zoe Jane Shuhart and Judah Ryan Shuhart; her sister-in-law, Reba Davis who was like a sister, her nieces
and nephews, and many friends. An abundant thank you to Alice Chirima, who gently cared for Martha
the past two years.
Martha was a vivacious, lovely, caring, generous lady. When she became bedbound last year, many
people told Martha and her family that she was such a blessing when they would visit or call her. She
continued to encourage people and love people in such a beautiful way. Friends and family have said
that they will always remember her laughter, stories, and encouragement.
Darla sang over her mom as she was passing, and among Martha’s last words were, “JESUS NEVER
FAILS.”
Martha loved the bright colors of nature. The family invites you to join in the celebration of Martha’s life
by wearing some of her favorite colors to her service- such as all shades of yellow, blue, and coral.
Services will be held at Lebanon Baptist Church, 9404 Lebanon Rd., Frisco, Texas with the visitation at
10:00 am, and the celebration of her life at 11:00 am, with her pastor, Dr. Ray Wilkins, officiating. A
graveside service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at Restland Cemetery, 13005 Greenville Ave., Dallas, Texas
75243.
Memorial gifts in Martha’s honor may be made to Operation 220 Ministries- www.operation220.org; and Lebanon Road Baptist Church- www.lbcfrisco.com
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