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Obituary for MARTHA ODELLA TALLEY
After a long sickness, on June 19, 2021, God reached down his hand and took our Mother Martha Odella Talley home to glory. Martha was born to James Edward Bannister and Anna Elizabeth Bannister on December 11, 1929, in Calvert County Maryland. She received her schooling in Calvert County Public Schools. After high school, she moved to Baltimore, Maryland where she met and married Robert Legrand, Sr. And out of that union Roberta, Robert Jr., Rosaleita, Michael (Zina), Leon, and John.
While married to Robert Sr. she worked in a flower shop making imitation flowers and then worked as a butcher and sold Avon.
Eighteen years later she met and married Mr. Collin Talley, Jr. She opened up a carryout restaurant in East Baltimore later on and she worked in a drug store on Liberty Road.
At an early age, she was raised to love, honor, and praise God. She was a member of the Usher Board at Lewin U.M. Church where she was a member for a very long time. She relocated back to Calvert County and became a member of Eastern U.M. Church where she was on the Usher Board until she became ill. She was named one of her church's "Golden Girls".
She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star at Deborah Grand Chapter and later in life she became a past grand matron.
She leaves to cherish her memory daughter; Rosaleita and three sons Robert, Michael (Zina), and John (Darlene). Her grandchildren; Sandra, Robert, Ronel (Chantal), Michael, Ebay, Elijah, Crystal, Tishea, Tineka, Justin, Temple, Michael Love, and 2 Step grandchildren De'Andre' and Marcus Gross, she has 23 great grandchildren, 7 great-great-grandchildren, devoted niece Vivian Dawson and a host of nieces and nephews and other family members and friends.
