Harold U. Pendergraph, 85
He was born on Sept. 23, 1921 in Warren County. He was preceded in death by parents Steven and Julia Kuhn Pendergraph; brothers Merrill, Haskell, Dennie, and Hubert Pendergraph; half brother Hershal Johnson and sister Thelma Maureen Woodlee.
Mr. Pendergraph proudly served his country during World War II and was involved in the Battle of Normandy and other campaigns in the European Theatre. He was a member of the U.S. Army?s 35th Division, 35th Signal Company. Staff Sgt. Pendergraph completed his military service on Nov. 15, 1945. He retired from Burroughs-Ross-Colville Company in February 1987 after 46 years, where he was plant supervisor and vice president.
Survivors include his wife of 58 years Mazel Duncan Pendergraph of McMinnville; daughter and son-in-law, Debora and Carl Zemenick of Pensacola Beach, Fla.; grandchildren, Bert Thurston of Madison, Sarah Starkey of Clarksburg, W.Va., Zachary Zemenick of Mt. Juliet; two great grandchildren, Mariah Vu and Derek Starkey of Clarksburg, W.Va.; sisters and brothers-in-law Estelle and Al Blair, Joyce and Beecher Luna, Irene and Clint Butcher, all of McMinnville; sister-in-law and brother-in-law Mary Sue and Ernest Harper of Franklin; sister-in-law Joyce Duncan of Atlanta, Ga.; sister-in-law Judy Duncan of Cantonment, Fla., brother-in-law Jewel Woodlee of McMinnville; and a host of nieces of nephews.
Funeral service is scheduled for 2 p.m. today in the McMinnville Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Dennis Clark of the Woodbury Seventh Day Adventist Church and Pastor Eric Ellison of the McMinnville Seventh Day Adventist Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Gardens of Memory. Military grave rites will be administered by American Legion Post 173 and VFW Post 5064. The Pendergraph family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service today at the parlors of McMinnville Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Lazarus House Hospice, P.O. Box 149, Cookeville, Tenn., 38503. Online condolences may be made at www.mcminnvillefuneralhome.com.
McMinnville Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.