Mrs. Martha E. Carson age 80 of Salem passed away Saturday, May 28 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Carson was born October 14, 1935 in Wolfe County, Kentucky the daughter of Mort and Pollie King. She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband: Arnold Carson, three brothers: Robert, Edward, and Melvin King, two sisters: Delores Hager and Betty Jean King, and her parents. She is survived by two sons: Jim Carson and James Carson Jr. both of Little Rock, Kentucky, a daughter: Kimberly Stamper of Hamilton, Ohio, a brother: Harvey Kenneth King of Winchester, Kentucky, a sister: Della Ann Prater (James) of Scottsburg, four grandchildren: Elizabeth, Holli, Jessica and Jeffrey Stamper and three great-grandchildren.