Mary Penegar's Obituary
Mrs. Mary O. Penegar, age 76, of Monroe, North Carolina, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2016, at McWhorter Hospice House in Monroe, NC.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3816 Morgan Mill Road, Monroe, NC 28110, officiated by Reverend Jack Hildreth.
Interment will follow at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, 3805 Corinth Church Road, Monroe, NC 28112.
Mrs. Penegar was born on July 29, 1940, in Toccoa, Georgia, a daughter of the late Elbert Fowler and Beatrice Collins Fowler.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Buckey Fowler and Roger Fowler.
Mary was a wonderful homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother.
Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Henry F. Penegar of Monroe; son, Reverend Paul L. Penegar and wife Kelly H. Penegar of North Vernon, IN; son, Gene B. Penegar and wife Sheila W. Penegar of Monroe; daughter, Rebecca Penegar Crowley and husband Gene Crowley of Monroe; and her son Ted L. Penegar and wife Melissa M. Penegar of Monroe; a brother, Curtis Fowler and wife Donna of Mobile. AL; three sisters, Jeanette Fowler Kenley of Mineral Springs, NC, Bonnie Fowler Way of Indian Trail, NC and Linda Gail Furr of Charlotte.
There are 8 grandchildren, Joe Penegar, Jesse Penegar, Jake Penegar, J.D. Penegar, Jonah Penegar, Luke Crowley, Beth Crowley and Bailee Penegar; and 9 great grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday night, October 11, 2016, at Davis Funeral Home in Monroe, 1003 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC 28112.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105
Davis Funeral Home of Monroe is honored to care for the Penegar family. An on-line guest register book is available at www.davisfuneralservice.com.
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