Martha Jean Elmore, age 84, of Leitchfield, KY, passed away Monday, (June 26, 2023) at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown, KY.

She was born on December 26, 1938 in Big Clifty, KY, the daughter of the late James Ellis Hart and Essie Flois Taylor Hart Johnson.

After graduating from Clarkson High School she attended the Louisville Business College. She was a homemaker and farmer who enjoyed cooking, gardening, horses, sewing, teaching bible classes, singing and writing letters and religious materials. Martha was a Clarkson High School Alumni, a longtime member of the Grayson County Homemakers: Anneta Chapter, and a member of various saddle clubs. She was a member of the Mill Street Church of Christ.

She is survived by her two daughters, Cheryl Jean Cole of Popular Bluff, MO, and Rebecca (Becky) Ann Miller (Harold) of Leitchfield; an adopted daughter, Teresa Elmore Cruz; seven grandchildren, Hannah Lael Cole-Wells (Steve), Jordan Leigh Marshall, Ian Michael Cole (Baleigh), Isabelle Lynn Cole (Todd Patterson), Isaac David Miller (Morgan), Stefan Thomas Miller (Samantha) and Micah Skelton; ten great-grandchildren, and one  brother, Earl Edward Hart. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Houston Meredith Elmore and one great-grandson, Harrison Banks.

Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, (July 2, 2023) at the family farm. Friends may arrive at 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Family will be officiating. Burial will be in the Anneta Cemetery.

Visitation will be at the Dermitt Funeral Home from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.

The family farm is located at 10098 Anneta Road in Leitchfield, Kentucky. Friends and family who would like to attend the visitation and funeral will be asked to park at a few designated places across the street from the house as well as the parking lot at Anneta United Baptist Church. The family appreciates everyone's cooperation.