Ava Nell Martin, 94, passed away on March 21, 2026. She was born on July 23, 1931, in Burrow, Texas to Little Dallas and Ellen Jewel Fikes. Ava was a proud member of the New Beginnings Church of Greenville, Texas. She lived life to the absolute fullest with a fulfilling career as a seamstress for multiple seamstress shops including Hagars in Greenville, she also spent time working at Montgomery Ward Tire Department in California. Full of life and love, Ava was not afraid of letting her light shine big for all to see. She had an abundance of loved ones everywhere she went, from her beloved family to her ladies' group, to the nurses, aides, and residents at Legends Nursing Home. Ava also loved social dancing, with square dancing and round dancing having a very special place in her heart. Ava is survived by her daughters: Nelwyn Webb, Elaine Blunt and husband Jimmy, and Terrie Taylor; her grandchildren: Natalie Zeller and Mike, Sherry Gibson and husband Cal, Stephanie Selvin and husband Jason, Duane Lyday and Misty, Jason Webb and wife Donna, and Buddy Willis and Cynthia, Danny Lyday and wife Roxy, and Tiffany Rice; numerous great grandchildren and great great grandchildren, her sister Madalyn Waddington, and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Little Dallas Fikes and Ellen Jewel Fikes, her husbands, Dean Ray Burns and Marty Martin, grandson, Brian Taylor, sisters: Mae Woodruff, Eloise Weaver, Barbara Carter, and Donna Fikes; and brothers J.D. Fikes and Joe Bob Fikes. Ava's memory lives on in all those blessed enough to have crossed her path.