MARTHA NAOMI BLALOCK HENDRICKS
ABBEVILLE… Martha Naomi Blalock Hendricks, a resident of Abbeville, Alabama passed
away Sunday afternoon, November 8, 2026, at a Dothan hospital. She was 76.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 11, 2026, at Hickory
Grove Free Will Baptist Church with Reverend Terry Drinkwater officiating. Burial will follow
in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. prior to the
service. Wright Funeral Home & Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Hendricks was born in Abbeville, Alabama to the late Charlie Littleton Blalock and
Iona Jewel Blankenship Blalock. She attended the Abbeville School system. She had previously
worked at West Point Stevens and Cutler Egg before retiring. She loved being outdoors. She
loved growing flowers and vegetables in her garden. She could always be up for a good fishing
trip.
Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Lee and Judy
Beasley; and her brothers, Charles Blalock and Clarence Robert Blalock.
Leaving to cherish her memories are her daughter, Emma Jean Ellis (Jim Ellis, Jr.); her
son, Allen Peterson (Sara); her grandchildren, Trey Ellis, III, Emily Ellis Barr (James),
PattyAnn Peterson, and Beth Peterson; her great-grandchildren, Aubrey Ellis, Levi Ellis,
Clayton Barr, Adam Barr, and Dylan Barr; her great-great-grandson, Landon Barr; and her
several nieces and nephews.
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