Jacqueline Gayle Hanley, 54, of West End, died January 5, at FirstHealth Hospice House in Pinehurst. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, January 17, at Boles Funeral Home in Seven Lakes, with Archie Stevens officiating.
Mrs. Hanley was born in Huntsville, AL the daughter of Shirley Hamner and Francis Matthew Martin Jr.
She worked as accountant at 42nd Street Oyster Bar.
Stationed with her husband at the United States Marine Corps’ Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, CA, Mrs. Hanley helped out many young Marines in her husband’s platoon. She regularly assisted the service members in procuring airline tickets so they could go home to see family or provided transportation for them. She also became a valuable friend and helper for wives of young Marines while their husbands were deployed overseas.
Mrs. Hanley is preceded in death by her father, Francis Matthew Martin Jr., of Barton, VT and her brother, Christopher Joseph Martin of White River Junction, VT.
Survivors include her husband, Phillip Gene Hanley Jr. of West End; daughter Amanda Christopher Kirby of Charlotte; stepchildren Gene and Danae Hanley of Oregon; mother Shirley Jean Hamner Martin of Sanford; sisters Corinne Martin of Burlington, VT; Mary Martin of Lakewood, CO; Rose Higgins of Raleigh; brothers Francis Matthew Martin III of Sanford; and Thomas Patrick Martin of Charlestown, NH.
Memorials may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project (www.woundedwarriorproject.org) or an animal rescue organization of their choice in honor of Mrs. Hanley.
Boles Funeral Home and Crematory of Seven Lakes assisted the family.
