Martha P. Horton

Martha Aileen Pierson Horton, age 94, of Middletown, OH, passed away Friday, December 21, 2018 at Otterbein Senior Life Care Center in Middletown. She was born November 14, 1924 in Beattyville, KY to the late Hubert and Kelsie (Strong) Pierson. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her son Larry Dale Horton, six sisters: Mae, Joyce, Opal, Myrtle, Thelma and Connie; and four brothers Curt, Hubert, Glynn and Otis. She is survived by her daughter, Sharon (Eddie) Gibbons; granddaughter Brandy (Cecil Delloma) Miller; granddaughter Kelley (Bryan) Deacon; granddaughter Kathryn Gibbons; seven great grandchildren: Isaac, Jacob Samuel, Makayla, Jacob Ray, Uriah, Nathanael and Arabella; and a very special nephew and niece, Ron & Sherry Newlin. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 28, 2018 from 10:30 am until time of funeral service at 12:00 noon at the Girton Schmidt & Boucher Gard Funeral Home, 226 West Main Street, Eaton, OH, with Pastor Michael Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Mound Hill Cemetery in Eaton. Memorial contributions may be sent Otterbein Senior Life Care Center Middletown Activity Fund, 105 Atrium Drive, Middletown, OH 45005. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.gsbfuneralhome.com.