Martha Hoover

Martha Jo (Mot) Hoover, 72, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2026 at MUSC Health – Orangeburg after a brief illness.

Born on September 13, 1954, in Orangeburg, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Ben Hoover and the late Etherine Chavis Hoover of Neeses, S.C. Mot worked for many years with her father in the pulp wood business from a young age. Later she began working in the construction industry as a painter and spent a majority of those years working at Savannah River Site. She loved working with her hands and enjoyed building things.

Mot loved her family and friends and everyone knew they could always count on her. She leaves behind one daughter, Amy (Bill) Addison of North, S.C., two grandsons Nick (Chelsie) Addison of Wadesboro, N.C. and Austin Addison of North, S.C., sisters Jeanette Fields of Wagener, S.C., Ruby (Jimmie) Young of Neeses, S.C., Darlene (Arlen) Fields of Livingston, S.C., Sherlene Hutto of Norway, S.C. and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by brothers, Wayne Hoover of Neeses, S.C. and Callie Chavis of Orangeburg, S.C. and a sister Betty Gable of Neeses, S.C.

Services will be held at Livingston Methodist Church in Livingston, SC on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 11:00am with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation services will be held at Culler-McAlhaney Funeral Home in North, S.C. on Monday, November 16, 2026 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm.