Martha Elliott

Funeral services honoring the life of Martha Faye Stevens Elliott, 78, were held July 13 at First Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill with the Rev. Joe Thibeau officiating. Burial followed at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Hill. Martha was born on March 12, 1938 to her father Haywood Stevens and mother Nina Stevens, and died on July 10, 2016 in Mansfield. Martha was a member of First Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, where she sang in the choir for many years. Preceding Martha in death were her father, Haywood Stevens; mother, Nina Stevens; husband, James Joel Elliott and brother-in-law, Charles Andrews. Those left behind to cherish her memory are her son, James Joel Elliott, Jr. and wife, Carolyn M. Elliott; daughters, Pamela Jeane Hildebrand and husband, Roy D. Hildebrand, Connie Lynn Procell and husband, Brian E. Procell, and Donna Gwynn Elliott; sisters, Bobbie Jeane Andrews, Francis Yvonne Bufkin and husband, R.A. Bufkin, and Patsy Davis and husband, James Davis; grandchildren, Seth Waldon, Jennifer Callens, Courtney Procell, Shane Arnold, Britney Procell, Shad Arnold, Caleb Procell, Jay Elliott, and Winter Jones and 13 great grandchildren. Those honoring the life of Martha as Pallbearers were Seth Waldon, Shane Arnold, Shad Arnold, Caleb Procell, Jay Elliott, Triston Waldon, Hayden Brown, and Justin Bufkin. The family would like to express their sincere appreciation to the staff of Mansfield Nursing Center and Superior Hospice for their loving care, compassion, and friendship. Rose-Neath Funeral Home Mansfield Chapel – (318) 872-4660