Martha Ann Stone

In Obituaries by OC Monitor Staff

HARTFORD, Ky. — Martha Ann Stone, 83, of Hartford, died Friday, June 23, 2023, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born in Fordsville, Kentucky, to the late Robert L. and Edna Ayer.

Martha was a homemaker and a member of Clear Run Baptist Church in Hartford.

She was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard Stone, on June 9, 2012; a daughter, Patricia Ann Hallmark; and brothers, Robert L. Ayer Jr. and Henry Ayer.

Survivors include her sons, John Patrick (Margaret) Dixon, of Jasper, Indiana, Chris Dixon, of Hartford, and Robert Lee (Stephanie) Dixon, of Hereford, Texas; her daughter, Frances (David) Taylor, of Fordsville; sisters, Ida Leachman, of Owensboro, Kentucky, and Ellen Nunn, of Henderson, Kentucky; and nine grandchildren, several great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, June 26, at Geary Funeral Home with burial in Clear Run Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation is from noon until the time of the service Monday at the funeral home.