Oct 20, 1932 — Sep 20, 2026
Sulphur Springs
Funeral service for Martha Jane (Wright) Brantley, age 93, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, September 25, 2026, at First Presbyterian Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas, with Rev. Gary Spraggins, Judge Robert Newsom, and James Wright, USMC officiating. Interment will follow at the City Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Texas, with Brant Spraggins, Gary Spraggins Jr., Cyler Brantley, Nathan Brantley, Blake Telford, Ryan Brantley, Ty Brantley, JR Hurt, and Byron Blue serving as pallbearers. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Brantley peacefully passed away at her residence on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
Martha Jane (Wright) Brantley was born on October 20, 1932, in Leonard, Texas, to the late Thomas and Mayme (Williams) Wright. She married the late Homer Brantley in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 8, 1952. Martha worked as a bookkeeper for Colonial Country Club and at a bank in Fort Worth, Texas. Her faith was an important part of her life, and she enjoyed spending time studying the Lord’s Word and dancing for the Lord. She also found joy in visiting thrift stores, working in her yard, and tending to her beautiful flower beds. Throughout the years, Martha attended many churches, forming meaningful connections along the way, and in her later years, she attended First Presbyterian Church as well as In One Accord Church.
Martha is survived by her daughter, Deanna Spraggins and husband Gary, of Sulphur Springs, Texas; sons, Mark Brantley and wife Sherri, of Milano, Texas, the late Jeff and, Eden Brantley; brother, James Wright; grandchildren; Brant Spraggins, the late Benjamin, and Amy Spraggins, Melissa and JR Hurt, Gary Jr. and Lindsey Spraggins, Cyler and Meagan Brantley, Lauren Brantley, Nathan and Hannah Brantley, Blake and Meredith Telford, Ashley and Byron Blue, Ryan Brantley, Ty and Christy Brantley, Lori and Joe Jones, Jodi and Aaron Thomas; great-grandchildren, Alyssa Hurt, Tanner and Sheila Hurt, Eliza Beth Hurt, Hunter Brantley, Cutter Brantley, Ryker Brantley, Brantley Spraggins, Boston Spraggins, Canon Spraggins, Lochlan Spraggins, Sallee Spraggins, Brodie Spraggins, Lillian Spraggins, Tripp Spraggins, Chloe Brantley, Justus Telford, Maren Telford, Brayden Brantley, Brazos Blue, Elijah Brantley, Tucker Brantley, and Carter Brantley as well as two great-great grandchildren, Josie Hurt, and Hazel Hurt, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Mayme (Williams) Wright; husband, Homer Brantley; son, Jeff Brantley; grandson, Benjamin Spraggins; sisters, Frieda Jo Barrett, Gwendolyn Rogers, and Doris Elaine Watson; and brother, Larry Mack Wright.
Memorials can be made to the Ben Spraggins Scholarship Memorial at Guaranty Bank & Trust in Sulphur Springs, or to the Jeff Brantley 216 Foundation.
