Russell Martell "Marty" Pierpont, III, 48, of Avenue, MD, formerly of Landover Hills, MD, died October 29, 2011 at Washington Hospital Center. Born October 28, 1963 in Cheverly, MD, he was the son of Russell Martell Pierpont, Jr. and Carol Jeanne Negle Pierpont.

Marty attended Fairmont Heights High School in Capital Heights, MD. He began working for the Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) in 1981. For 29 years he worked as a Commercial Service Inspector for them. He was a member of the 7th District Optimists Club in Avenue and a member of the Order of the Moose Lodge 495 in Mechanicsville. He was also a founding member of the Asphalt Angels, a car club.

Marty is survived by his wife, Tracy Pierpont; father, Russell M. Pierpont, Jr. and wife, Ruth; mother, Carol Jeanne Pierpont; children, James Earl Pierpont, Jackie Aikman (fiancé, Brandon, Flax) and Charlie Cloud; brother, Robert Earl Pierpont (Diane); step-siblings, Carolyn Pollack, Steve Popp, Robert Popp and Rick Popp; 1 grandson, Devin Flax and many other family members and friends.

The family will receive friends for Marty's Life Celebration on Saturday, November 5, 2011 from 10:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. at the Encounter Christian Center, 30080 Henry Lane, Charlotte Hall, MD, 20622. A Memorial Service will be held at 12:00 noon.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made in Marty's name to Encounter Christian Center, P.O. Box 412, Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.

Arrangements are being handled by Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home, P.A., 30195 Three Notch Rd., Charlotte Hall, MD 20622.