About Us
In November 2017 the founders, Peter and Jenny Martin, made the very difficult decision to retire after 50 years of serving the local community. Under new ownership The Martins Funeral Directors will continue to provide the personal and professional service for which they are renowned, with the emphasis being on personal service and care. The team devote themselves to giving the local community professional help and support at all times, either in the client’s home or at their funeral home.
The new proprietor is Alex Jones. Having spent his late teens working in care of the elderly, and also for an independent funeral director in Edenbridge, Alex wanted to create a dignified personal funeral directors at a time when many of the small companies had been taken over by huge multinational groups.
Alex Jones Funeral Directors was opened in 1996 and is a truly independent family run funeral directors with over 22 years of experience.