JACKSON — Phillip Martin, a longtime chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was remembered Friday as a visionary who lifted the tribe from stifling poverty with casinos and other businesses.
Martin died Thursday night at a Jackson hospital with his family by his side after suffering a massive stroke a few days earlier, said his niece, Natasha Phillips. He was 83.
Martin’s funeral was set for Monday at 11 a.m. at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in the Tucker community of Neshoba County.
