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Martha Abel Jones

1940 - 2026

BORN

1940

DIED

2026

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Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home & Cremation Services

713 South 4th Street

Murray, Kentucky

UPCOMING SERVICE

Visitation

Mar. 14, 2026

Summerville Church of Christ

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Martha Jones Obituary

Martha Abel Jones

Melber, KY - Martha Lee (Abel) Jones, 85 of Melber, KY, passed away February 3, 2026, at Passion and Purpose Homecare, in Almo, KY.

Martha was the daughter of the late Hugh McHenry and Velma (Langley) Abel. She was a homemaker and mother, and also worked part-time for Levi Strauss & Co. and the Manhattan Shirt Company. Martha and her late husband Danny Eugene Jones were members of the Summerville Church of Christ in Summerville, SC.

She is survived by her children, Jerry Garner, St. Martinville, LA; Kathy Dake, Marietta, SC; Brian Jones, Clyde, NC; Karen Ehleben, Melber, KY; and Jonathan Jones, Ladson, SC; a sister, Laura Mae Randolph of AL; grandchildren, Ali Garner, Natasha Webb, D.J. Garner, Kendall Price, Pete Price, Daniel Price, Alexander Jones, Samantha Abukhdair, Patrick Baker, Jacob Baker and Kiersten Baker; a sister-in-law, Roberta Sue Bolling, Bristol, TN; 24 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Danny Eugene Jones; and siblings, Jean Elizabeth Powell, Carl Daniel Abel, Howard Abel, Hugh Lynn "Buddy" Abel, James Thomas "Jimmy" Abel and William Fred "Freddy" Abel.

A service celebrating Martha and Danny will be held Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Summerville Church of Christ, with Len Driskell officiating. Friends may visit with the family between 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. at the church.

Please share your messages of condolence with the family by signing her virtual guestbook at www.blalockcolemanfuneralhome.com.

We invite you to share a memory and sign our guest book.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Charleston Post & Courier on Mar. 7, 2026.

Memorial Events
for Martha Jones

Mar

14

Visitation

Summerville Church of Christ

413 Old Trolley Rd, Summerville, SC 29485

Mar

14

Celebration of Life

Summerville Church of Christ

413 Old Trolley Rd, Summerville, SC 29485

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Blalock-Coleman Funeral Home & Cremation Services

713 South 4th Street, Murray, KY 42071

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