Martha Lea Epling Obituary
In loving memory of Martha Lea Epling of Cool Ridge, West Virginia, who departed this world on November 1, 2025 at the age of 73. Martha leaves behind a legacy remembered by family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
Though Martha has departed this earthly realm, her legacy endures — a legacy of love that will continue to illuminate the lives of family and friends in the darkest of hours. May her spirit soar on wings of eternal peace, forever cherished in the tender embrace of memory.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Dennis Nicholas O'Brien, Sr. and Noble Icie Blankenship O'Brien; her brothers-in-law, Donald Garland Edwards, Jr. of Prosperity, WV and James Blaine Brogan of Crow, WV; and her nephew Christopher Todd Brogan of Cleveland, OH.
She is survived by: her husband Ernest Wayne Epling of Cool Ridge, WV; her son Brandon Elliott Epling of Cool Ridge, WV; her siblings, Margaret Sue Brogan Epling (Carl) of Cleveland, OH, Joyce Ann Edwards of Prosperity, WV, Donna Jean O'Brien of Beckley, WV and Dennis Nicholas O'Brien, Jr. (Teresa) of Kinston, NC; and her pet Cadie.
