Janis "Bay Bay" Martin

Janis “Bay Bay” Martin, 63, of Davenport, IA, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2024, at Genesis Medical Center East, Davenport, IA. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on November 4, 2024, at the Greater Antioch Baptist Church, 929 14th Street, Rock Island, IL 61201. In Janis's early years, she attended Grant Elementary and Rock Island High School for some time. Janis's career of choice was as a dietary aide at the west campus of Genesis Medical Center. She enjoyed and spent many years working for them. Janis loved to sing. Her voice was so sweet and just amazing to listen to. She was a faithful choir member of Greater Antioch Baptist Church throughout her membership. To know Janis’s sense of humor was to know her. She loved making people laugh. One of her favorite sayings was, “Say it to my face!” Janis was a true child of God, always willing to lend a helping hand wherever possible, not only with church. Janis is affectionately known to her grandchildren as "Nanee", is the glue to the family. Whether it was giving motivational encouraging speeches or just being a diary to which anyone can turn, Janis opened her arms with nurture and care to anyone. Janis accepted you and would encourage you to be yourself and come as you are. Janis loved the family she came from and the one she created. Her Nanee girls were her Pride and Joy; Her girls could do no wrong in her eyes. 

She leaves behind to cherish her memories and celebrate her life. Her three children, Derales Martin, Melissa Jones, and Larissa Jones, and a bonus Daughter, Misty Jenkins. 8 grandchildren, Janae Jones, Jalisa Berry, Markeeja Jones, Jamirah Wilson, Marissa Jones, Vinessa Wade, Daeshanna Williams & Marq Williams. Her 2 great granddaughters Kattaleya and Kahlani Vazquez. Her siblings she leaves behind are Joann Tot(Dav, Ia) Denise Watson(RI, IL) Cynthia Griffin(Seattle, Wa) Helen Gordon(Waterloo, Ia) Joe D Martin Jr(Waterloo, Ia) Joe D Martin III(RI, IL) Frank Martin(Maryland) Antonio Martin(RI, IL) Lorenzo Martin(RI, IL) Johnny Matthews(RI, IL) Timothy Matthews Sr(Vegas). A prayer partner and a good friend, Sharon Stokes(Dav, Ia), and a host of nieces and nephews and family and friends. Janis is preceded in death by Her Mother and Father, Johnnie L. Powell and Joe D Martin Sr., Her two sisters, Allie Mae Martin and Allison Matthews. 2 nephews, Taurean Rhoden and Damon Foulks, and Her Grandsons, Jaquez Hines and Marquez Williams.

Cremation will be directed by Mississippi Valley Cremation & Direct Burial, 1811 15th Street Place, Moline.

Please offer your condolences and expressions of sympathy to the family on her Memory Page at mvcremation.com