The News Courier in Athens, Alabama

May 4, 2012

Martha Hargrave


The News Courier

— The funeral for Martha Jolly Hargrave, 85, of Athens will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at McConnell Funeral Home with James Lloyd Jolly officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Mrs. Hargrave passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at home.

Martha Hargrave was born Oct. 20, 1926, in Athens to her parents, Eunice Gertrude Rogers and Lonis L. Jolly. Mrs. Hargrave was the wife of a retired farmer. She was a member of Tanner Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 46 years, Leo David Hargrave; daughter, Donna Marie Hargrave; three brothers, Clarence Audrey Jolly, William Clendan Jolly and Noah Lee Jolly; and one sister, Ruby Lucille Carson.

She is survived by her two sons, James David Hargrave and John Edward Hargrave; two daughters, Martha Jane Hargrave Whitt and Mary Joyce Hargrave Johnston; one brother, James Lloyd Jolly; one sister, Mamie Marie Jones; 13 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and one great-great--grandchild.

Pallbearers will be family members.


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