Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
2:36 pm Saturday, February 13, 2016

Bertha Lee Pendegraph

February 13, 2016

Bertha Lee Pendegraph, age 76, Russellville, passed away Feb. 13 at her residence.

Mrs. Pendegraph was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She was a very independent Christian woman and will be missed by who knew her. She was a member of Oakwood Missionary Baptist Church.

The family will have a private family memorial service, and the burial will be at Knights of Pythias Cemetery.

She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter-in-law, Clarissa Martin; grandchildren, Candace Cooper and husband Chris and Evan Curtis and wife Jennifer; great-grandchildren, Zadie and Logan Cooper; sister, Alice Reedy; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Raymond Pendegraph; son, Benny Martin; parents, Lee Guthrie and Ruby Pearl Underwood Guthrie; sisters, Dianne Ables, Ann Raike and Francis Allen; and brother, Wayne Guthrie.

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