Martha L. Tillman passed from this life at her home on Monday, April 18, 2022 at the age of 73 years, 11 months and 28 days.
A resident of Hardeman County all her life, Mrs. Tillman was a homemaker. She was born Wednesday, April 21, 1948 to James Franklin and Fannie Christine Doyle Nelms. She was married to John Thomas Tillman, March 19, 1966, until his death on February 1, 2008, and was a member of Hebron Baptist Church.
Mrs. Tillman is survived by a sister, Alma Sue Kirby of Bolivar; two brothers, William Earl Nelms of Ripley, MS and Calvin Nelms of Granbury, TX; and by several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Tillmon, and a brother, James Neal Nelms.
The family requests memorial be sent to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation [www.jdrf.org/donate] and/or the American Heart Association [www.heart.org].