John Martin

In the quiet, early morning hours of November 4, 1988, a dedicated officer's life was tragically cut short in a sudden act of violence. Sergeant John Lee Martin, a 39-year-old male and a seventeen-year veteran of the Lee County Sheriff's Office, was on patrol in Ewing, Virginia. Just before 3:00 a.m., he radioed dispatch to report that he was investigating a suspicious car that was lingering behind the Western Lee County Health Clinic. As he approached the vehicle, a large brown or tan car, the ...