JACKSON -- Edna Mae Pender, 92, of Jackson, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 1996, at Jackson Manor.
She was born March 31, 1903, at Leeper, daughter of Francis M. and Maude M. Randolph Church. She and William Pender were married Dec. 22, 1930, in Granite City, Ill. He died Aug. 28, 1979.
Pender was a machine operator at Ralph Edwards Sportswear in Cape Girardeau, retiring in 1959. She was a member of Calvary United Pentecostal Church.
Survivors include three sons, Douglas and Larry Pender of Jackson, Richard Pender of Delta; four daughters, Sally Gann of Jackson, Charlotte Cowell of Grassy, Saundra Stout of House Springs, Artie Miller of Columbia; 26 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, three brothers, two sisters and a grandchild.
Friends may call at Cracraft-Miller Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m. today.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Church, with the Rev. Ronnie Brown officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park in Cape Girardeau.
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