Funeral services for Martha Murcks White, 78, of Hanceville, AL will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at Hanceville Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Hopewell Cemetery in Hanceville. The family will welcome friends for a visitation from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 and Friday from noon-2 p.m.
Mrs. White was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and business owner. Mrs. White owned and operated Garden City Cafe. From there she relocated and started Martha White’s Kitchen located in Phelan. Cooking was her passion. Patrons who walked through her doors were treated and fed like family, especially those she loved so dearly within the Hanceville and Garden City communities. Everyone that knew Mrs. White knows she was a beautiful and loving woman and will be missed by many.
Mrs. White leaves behind her children Rhonda (Marlowe) Jett and Stephen Harold White; grandchildren Christopher Harold Purdy, Jessica Ann White and John Paul White; great-grandchildren including Alex, Jada, Evelyn Rose, Naomi, Zachery, Gavin Oliver and Madelyn, who was always known as “Maw Maw’s Boss Lady”; siblings Myra Estes, Faye Brown and James Murcks; as well as a host of loved nieces and nephews.
Mrs. White is preceded in death by her husband Harold White; siblings Milton Murcks, Ola Taylor, Magdalene England, Jimmy Murcks and Jerry Murcks; and parents Melvin Murcks and Etta Murcks Curvin.
