Gov. Sonny Perdue, called her "a passionate and effective advocate."  "If 90 percent of life is just being there, then Martha Eaves lived a life-and-a-half."

 

The Martha Eaves Advocacy Award For Outstanding Services To The Georgia Long-term Care Ombudsman Program

This coveted award is presented each year to an individual who is not an Ombudsman but has made extraordinary and continuing efforts to strengthen the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program in Georgia. It was created in 2000 in honor of Martha Eaves for her exceptional advocacy for the Georgia Ombudsman Program.