Will (Bill) A. Peden, Sr., 66

Born on Jan. 6, 1940 in Charleston, S.C., he was a quality engineer with Honeywell International. Mr. Peden was preceded in death by parents Maynard Martin and Margaret Katherine Allen Peden and first wife Helen Marion Grainger Peden.

Survivors include wife Georgia Francisco Peden; son Will Allen Peden Jr. of Texas; son and daughter-in-law, Steven Woodrow and Trena Peden of Ohio; brother and sister-in-law, Maynard Martin Jr. and Martha Hurt Peden; sister-in-law Rebecca Jackson of South Carolina; brother-in-law, Bobby Grainger of Georgia, extended family, William Sanders and Marek Ryciak; step-daughter and husband Anita Kay and Terry Kirby of McMinnville; grandsons Victor Allen and Vincent Taylor Peden of Ohio; step-grandsons, Kyle, Bradford and (Jennifer) Kirby; step great grandson Logan Kirby; special friends Don and Mary Sue Welch of Texas and Evelyn Sanders of South Carolina.

Funeral services were held Aug. 8 at McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Jonathan Stubblefield officiated. Interment followed at Wood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: All Blind Children of Texas ABCTX ? 1100 West 45th Street Austin, TX 78756. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.

McMinnville Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Southern Standard

(McMinnville, Tenn.) Aug. 9, 2006