Martha Bland

Martha Jane Bland

Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Bland will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2021, in the chapel of Replogle-Lawrence Funeral Home with Bro. Mickey Jackson officiating. Burial will follow in Centerville Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, May 7, 2021, from 4 until 7 p.m. and again on Saturday from 12 noon until service time at the funeral home.

Mrs. Bland, 80, passed away Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital surrounded by her loving family.

She was born in Alamo, TN to the late Marvin and Ruth Skelton Avery.

Martha was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Rex Edward Avery.

She is survived by her husband, Bobby Bland; son, Bobby Bland, Jr. and wife Kathryn; daughter, Miranda Cooper and husband Stephen; brother, Johnny Smallwood and wife Martha; grandchildren, Tracy Cooper, Leahbeth Bland, Brionna Grant.