Martha was born May 5, 1941 in Knoxville, TN, a daughter of the late Dudley and Hattie (Majors) Hammond. She spent her life as a loving and caring homemaker for her family. Martha greatly enjoyed sewing & knitting, making quilts, playing the piano, shopping, and traveling; especially to the Smokey Mountains. She was a member of the Church of God and has been a devoted and dedicated minister’s wife for the past 50 years and greatly enjoyed teaching children’s church.
She is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Rev. Ruford Abner; children, Ruford Abner, Jr. (Connie) of Morehead, KY; Gina Hester (Michael) of W. Alexandria, OH; Tim Abner (Margaret) of Ellenboro, WV; Pam Pritchard (Keith) of Florence, SC; grandchildren, Marie, Michael, Brooke, Joseph, Tyler, Cody, Rebekah, Hannah, Tracy, Whitney, and Alec; 5 great grandchildren; brothers, Gary & James, and her sisters, Patricia, Faye, Portia, and Vickie.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dudley Abner and granddaughters, Courtney Abner and Stephanie & Hope Ann Hester.
Funeral services will be 1pm, Friday, March 27, 2015, at McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home, Pennsboro, WV with Rev. Joyce Hill and Anthony Abner officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro.
McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home
March 2015
Martha was born May 5, 1941 in Knoxville, TN, a daughter of the late Dudley and Hattie (Majors) Hammond. She spent her life as a loving and caring homemaker for her family. Martha greatly enjoyed sewing & knitting, making quilts, playing the piano, shopping, and traveling; especially to the Smokey Mountains. She was a member of the Church of God and has been a devoted and dedicated minister’s wife for the past 50 years and greatly enjoyed teaching children’s church.
She is survived by her loving husband of 56 years, Rev. Ruford Abner; children, Ruford Abner, Jr. (Connie) of Morehead, KY; Gina Hester (Michael) of W. Alexandria, OH; Tim Abner (Margaret) of Ellenboro, WV; Pam Pritchard (Keith) of Florence, SC; grandchildren, Marie, Michael, Brooke, Joseph, Tyler, Cody, Rebekah, Hannah, Tracy, Whitney, and Alec; 5 great grandchildren; brothers, Gary & James, and her sisters, Patricia, Faye, Portia, and Vickie.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dudley Abner and granddaughters, Courtney Abner and Stephanie & Hope Ann Hester.
Funeral services will be 1pm, Friday, March 27, 2015, at McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home, Pennsboro, WV with Rev. Joyce Hill and Anthony Abner officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro.
McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home
March 2015
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