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Martha Nell Tankersley

Grants Pass, Oregon May. 09, 1924 | May. 19, 2018
Grants Pass, Oregon | May. 09, 1924 | May. 19, 2018

Martha Tankersley, 94, of Grants Pass, Oregon passed away at 1:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Regency Care Roque Valley in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was born to William and Carrie (Dagley) Reeves May 9, 1924 in Melber, Kentucky. She attended Melber High School. Martha lived in St. Clair Shores, Michigan where she was a sales associate at the J. L. Hudson Company of Eastland, Michigan for 26 years and later retiring in Glendale, Arizona. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Grants Pass, Oregon and was a very talented seamstress.

 

She loved to travel to Itlay, The Panamal Canal, Alaska and throughout the United States. Her smile and personality made people happy to be around her. She will always be in our hearts as a wonderful Mother of a son, daughter and grandmother to her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

 

Martha is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline “Jackie” Moor and husband John William Moor, Jr. of Santa Clarita, California; son, Kenneth “Ken” Tankersley and wife Carol of Grants Pass, Oregon; grandchildren, Victoria Pyle and husband Charles, Julianna Fortezze and husband Marco, John William Moor, IV. And Tiffany Tankersley Nosker and husband Jeff; five great grandchildren; nephew Bob Reeves and wife Dorothy of Lone Oak.

 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herschel Tankersley; brother, William Albert Reeves. Her parents were William Albert Reeves and Carrie Dagley Reeves.

 

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Allcock Cemetery in Melber

 

Visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

 

You may leave a message of sympathy and light a candle at www.milnerandorr.com.

 

 


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