Zella Mae (Martin) Taylor Jacobs

William R. Rust Funeral Home

612 N. Lincoln Blvd

Hodgenville, Kentucky, 42748

 (270) 358-3552  Fax: (270) 358-3253

Zella Mae Martin Taylor Jacobs, 86, of Hodgenville passed away Friday April 12, 2024 at Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown.

Zella was born February 11, 1938, to the late Babe and Ebbie Thornsberry Martin. She was a Baptist by Faith. She was a factory worker with Jiffey Mix factory. 

In addition to her parents, Zella was preceded in death by, her daughter, Alfreda Taylor, two brothers, Sie Martin and Eugene Martin, one sister, Ruth Smith.

Zella Mae is survived by her husband of 21 years, Gayland Jacobs, of Hodgenville, two sons, Leon (Tracy) Taylor and Martin Taylor all of Michigan, several grandchildren, seven brothers, Delmas (Janet) Martin, Daniel Martin, Fred (Minnie) Martin, Randolph Martin, Charles Ray Martin, Clyde Martin and Phillip (Pam) Martin, three sisters, Claudia Ann Nichols, Jannette (Bobby) Amburgey,and Imogene (Neil) Honeycutt, several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services for Zella Mae Martin Taylor Jacobs will be Monday April 15, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at The William R. Rust Funeral Home Hodgenville Chapel, with Brother Jordan Honeycutt officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery.

Visitation for Zella Mae will be held Sunday 4 to 6 p.m. and will continue after 9 at the funeral home until time of service.