Obituary from The Natchitoches Times, April 3, 1980.

Mrs. Martha W. Dugdale, 83, of Natchitoches died Saturday morning in a local nursing home after a long illness.

She was a retired teacher in the Natchitoches Parish school system.

Services were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Alabama Presbyterian Church in Choudrant with the Rev. Darrell Cluck and the Rev. Lloyd O'Neal officiating.  Burial in Sibley Cemetery in Choudrant.  Memorial services were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday in the First Presbyterian Church of Natchitoches.

Survivors include her husband, Dr. Clarence E. Dugdale of Natchitoches.