Mansfield, LA - Funeral services honoring the life of Martha Elliott, 78, will be at 1:00 PM Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at First Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, LA with Reverend Joe Thibeau officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, LA. The family will receive friends at First Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, LA from 11:00 AM till time of service.
Martha was born on March 12, 1938 to her father Haywood Stevens and mother Nina Stevens, and died on July 10, 2016 in Mansfield, LA.
Martha was a member of First Baptist Church in Pleasant Hill, LA, 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 is 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, Donna Gwynn Elliott; sisters, Bobbie Jeane Andrews, Francis Yvonne Bufkin and husband R.A. Bufkin, Patsy Davis and husband James Davis; grandchildren, Seth Waldon, Jennifer Callens, Courtney Procell, Shane Arnold, Britney Procell, Shad Arnold, Caleb Procell, Jay Elliott, Winter Jones, and 13 great grandchildren.
Those honoring the life of Martha as Pallbearers will be 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.