Sarah Frances Jones Peddy, age 96 passed away December 29, 2013 at the King’s Daughters and Sons Home in Bartlett, TN.
She was born November 22, 1917 in the Glendale Community of Chester County, the daughter of the late Hugh Ned and Vassie Eason Jones. She attended school in Chester County. She was married to Herschel Hooper Peddy, December 14, 1939. They moved to Pinson in 1951. Mr. Peddy died in 1968. Mrs. Peddy was a nurse at Jackson General Hospital retiring in 1977 and later worked for Regional Hospital for six years. She was a member of the Holly Springs United Methodist Church.
She is survived by four children, Bonice Peddy Henson and husband, Shelby of Bartlett, Hensel H. Peddy and wife Teresa of Luray, Sandra Peddy Shepherd and husband Jimmy of Pontotoc, MS and Glendel W. Peddy of Springfield, IL; twelve grandchildren, Sonia Jenkins, Carrie Grokulsky, Alisa Harbor, Teresa Fitts, Diane Russell, Mark Peddy, Brant Peddy, Melody Nunamaker, Glen Peddy, Jr., Mona Wonders, Brandon Stevenson and Kristy Stevenson and twenty-three great grandchildren; two sisters, Joyce Pruitt of Memphis, TN and Doris Brannon of Hacienda Heights, CA and one brother, Allen K. Jones of Memphis, TN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Albert J. Jones and Henry Ned Jones and two sisters, Lucille Ray and Louise Pepple.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Friday January 3, 2014 at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Johnson Chapel with Bill Evans officiating and burial will follow in New Friendship Cemetery in Chester County, TN.
The family will receive friends at Johnson Chapel beginning at 11:00 AM on Friday until service time.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Johnson Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2624
