Harry D. Martin

Born December 10, 1934,

in Marrero, Louisiana

Passed away March 18, 2018

In The Woodlands, Texas

Age 83 Years 3 Months 8 Days

Harry graduated from Hahnville High School in Hahnville, La., attended Nicholls State University, and graduated from LSU (Baton Rouge, La.) in 1957 with a BS degree in Geology. He had a distinguished career in the Oil and Gas industry. After graduating from LSU, he began his career with Humble Oil, future Exxon. Harry held positions of increasing responsibility in Hattiesburg, Ms, New Orleans, La, Midland, Tx, New York, Ny, and Houston, Tx, centered around geophysical oil exploration within SE US, SW US, Gulf of Mexico, Alaska, Canada, Europe and Far-East Asia. Harry culminated his Exxon career as Exxon's Division Exploration Manager of the Gulf of Mexico / Atlantic seaboard from 1978 to 1985, retiring from Exxon in 1986 as Manager of the Exploration Division for Exxon's Far-East Asia subsidiaries. His wealth of experience in Geology, Geophysics and Production in the Gulf of Mexico, lead him to join Elf Exploration, Inc. in 1986 as Sr Vice President, Exploration and Production, eventually retiring from ELF(Total) in 2000.

Harry was a French-speaking, Texas-loving Acadien from Louisiana. He was an avid amateur golfer, a hunter and fisherman, a landscaping gardener, a staunch LSU sports supporter and a philanthropist of LSU academics. He enjoyed travelling, often on Cruise ships, throughout the world with his wife JoAnne, family, and friends. He had a passion for family gatherings on holidays and family celebrations, usually involving his love of grilling and cooking Acadien style foods of south Louisiana while enjoying the company of his large extended family. His devotion to family, friends, career, and life will always be an inspiration to all who knew Harry D. Martin.

Preceded in death by his loving wife of 53 years, JoAnne J. Martin

and

Parents: Loveless and Mathilda Martin of Des Allemands, La.

Brothers: Malcolm, Loveless, Jr., Ray, and Thomas (TJ) Martin

Sisters: Maxine Chauvin, Virginia Candies, and Marion Dufrene

Brother-In-Law: Oscar Joffrion, Jr.

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FAMILY

SONS AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW

Michael and Vicki Martin

Keith Martin

DAUGHTERS AND SON-IN-LAW

Michele and Carl Skelly

Lauren Garcia

SISTER AND SISTER-IN-LAW

Barbara Shortess, Helen Joffrion

GRANDCHILDREN

Kristen, Dustin, Nicole, Marshall, Meaghan, Shannon, Kendra, Jennifer, and Taryn

GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

Mateo, Madison, Waylon, Gabrielle, Everleigh, Layla, and Abigail.

Numerous other relatives and many friends

PALLBEARERS

Michael Martin, Keith Martin, Carl Skelly,

Dustin Garcia, Marshall Skelly, and Michael Curtis

Memorial contributions may be directed to

The American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org)