Martha Brinkley
Martha Marie Brinkley, 76, of Union City passed away Monday, March 24, 2025, at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted 3 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Brother Melvin Poe will officiate. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery near Rives.
Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 1 p.m. until the hour of services Thursday.
Pallbearers will be Dennis Brinkley, Zach Brinkley, Zane Brinkley, Darrell Jones, Martin Goff and James Quick.
Martha was born Sept. 21, 1948, in Gibson County, daughter of the late Porter and Marie (Crane) Goff. She married Jerry “Bull” Brinkley Sept. 14, 1968. He preceded her in death April 9, 1998. Martha was a homemaker. She enjoyed listening to Elvis Presley music, drinking black coffee and watching Days of Our Lives.
She is survived by three children, Dennis Brinkley (Kristy) of Louisville, Ky., and Dwayne “Doodle” Brinkley (Beth) and Wendy Brinkley, all of Union City; three grandsons, Zach Brinkley of Carlsbad, Calif., Zane Brinkley of Jeffersonville, Ind., and Mason Brinkley of Union City; one sister, Flora Quick (James) of Princeton, Ky.; and two brothers, Martin Goff of Portage, Ind., and John Goff of Union City.
She was also preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers.
The Messenger/3.24.25