Martha Fern Hickman Barron, 84, of Columbia, Tennessee, died unexpectedly August 23, 2022. Martha, a 1959 graduate of Bethel College (now Bethel University), was a member of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Columbia (Columbia Presbytery). A lifelong educator, she retired from the Maury County Board of Education. Her son, William Lee Barron II, is an elder of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, Tennessee (Presbytery of East Tennessee). Laura Barron is a member of Brenthaven Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Brentwood, Tennessee (Nashville Presbytery). The Reverend Mark Hickman Barron is pastor of First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Manchester, Tennessee (Murfreesboro Presbytery). Martha was born November 7, 1937 in Obion County, Tennessee, and grew up in Protemus, Tennessee.