Emma L. Martin Oswald, 77, on June 13, 2023, the world lost a shining light when Emma, was called to rest with the angels.

Emma (Lou, if you were from South Pittsburg, TN} was born in South Pittsburg TN on July 4th,1945 to parents Thomas A and Lenabel (Norman)

Martin. Emma was a smart and beautiful girl with bright blue eyes. She excelled academically and graduated class valedictorian from

South Pittsburg High School in 1963. She went on to graduate from Tennessee Wesleyan College with majors in both mathematics and education

and finished her master's degree in special education at Vanderbilt's Peabody College. She moved shortly after to Winter Haven, Florida and

worked in the mental health field. It was there she met the love of her life and her future husband,Frederick Oswald. She was his ballroom dance

student, and they saw a beautiful futuretogether. They married in 1975, and in 1976 had their son, Kristopher Martin Oswald. She loved

dance so much that she left the mental health field and joined her husband teaching ballroom

dance and co-owning the Elan Dance Theater. In 1980 they won the prestigious Atlanta Star

Ballroom Championship. As the years went by she became the event coordinator for many of

the greatest ballroom dance championships and in 2017 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement

Award. She was highly respected in the ballroom dance industry, and she had many friends she

considered family. Emma enjoyed genealogy and was always researching her family ancestry. She researched and

wrote the book, 'The Family Tree for the Children of Thomas Anderson and Lenabel (Norman)

Martin', as well as co-authored the book, "Martin Cousins". She enjoyed being at home and

working on her computer with her two King Charles Spaniels, Copper and Oreo at her feet.

Emma was the kindest and most compassionate soul. She touched so many people with her

love and goodness. She will be deeply missed by so many.

Emma leaves behind her grieving husband, Frederick K. Oswald, her son, Kristopher M.(Arrin)

Oswald, a grandson, Kristopher M. Oswald Jr., a sister, Lena Katheryn {Tippy) Adams, a

brother, Thomas (Woody) and his wife Kathryn Martin, and a sister-in-law Lisa A. Oswald, and a brother-in-law Peter Birdwell.  She

leaves behind nieces, and nephews. grandnieces and grandnephews all whom she loved

dearly.

She is preceded in death by her grandparents and by her father, Thomas Anderson Martin and

her mother, Lenabel Norman Martin, and two brothers, David Thorton Martin, and William

Benton Martin and brother-in-law Virgil Adams, her sister; RoseMarie Birdwell and several beloved nieces and nephews.

The honor of carrying her to her final resting place is bestowed on her nephews that she looked

on and loved as though they were her sons, Peter Oswald, Gabriel Davis, and David Smith,

Daniel Poche, and great nephews Alex Adams and Chris Martin.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. (CDT) at the South Pittsburg Chapel of Rogers Funeral Home with Pastor

Brian Tetter officiating.

Emma will be laid to rest at Gilliam Cemetery in Battle Creek.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (CDT) prior to the funeral service in the chapel.

Arrangements are entrusted to Rogers Funeral Home, 400 Laurel Ave, south Pittsburg, TN (423) 837-7176.