Husband: Edward Julian PENDERGRASS
Birthdate: 24 September 1900
Birthplace: Florence, Florence Co., South Carolina
Death date: 04 November 1994
Place of death: Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
Father: Edward Julian PENDERGRASS, Sr.
Mother: Eula Ethel SMITH

Marriage date: 26 June 1929
Marriage place: Florence, Florence Co., South Carolina

Wife: Lois May SHEPPARD
Birthdate: 08 May 1905
Birthplace: Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio
Death date: 01 October 2004
Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
Place of death: Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Father: Reason Benjamin SHEPPARD
Mother: Mary Leona SHOEMAKER

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Amy Katherine PENDERGRASS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 02 November 1932
Birthplace: Cross City, Dixie Co., Florida
Death date: 18 March 1988
Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
Place of death: Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Marriage date: 23 September 1961
Marriage place: Roswell, Chaves Co., New Mexico
Spouse's name: John William MILLER #2

Child No. 2: Edla Ethel "Ann" PENDERGRASS
Sex: Female
Birthdate: 11 October 1938
Birthplace: Lakeland, Polk Co., Florida
Death date: 15 January 1979
Place of death: Portland, Oregon
Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Portland, Oregon
Marriage date: 16 June 1959
Marriage place: Orlando, Orange Co., Florida
Spouse's name: Burton BARNES

Child No. 3: Edward Eugene PENDERGRASS
Sex: Male
Birthdate: 26 August 1940
Birthplace: Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
Death date: 18 April 1989
Place of death: San Francisco, California
Buried: Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
Marriage date: Aft. 1984
Marriage place: San Francisco, California
Spouse's name: Lynne Jones?
 
 
Notes:
* Edward and Lois Pendergrass along with their two children Amy Pendergrass Miller Campbell and Edward Eugene Pendergrass are buried at Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida.
* Edward Pendergrass was a Methodist Minister and was later elected Bishop of the Mississippi Conference and served there from 1964 to 1972. In 1972 he retired and moved to Lakeland, Florida where he served at Florida Southern College as the Special Assistant to the President of Florida Southern College from 1972 until 1989. Mr. & Mrs. Pendergrass were assisted in cared by their granddaughter Katherine Miller Burnett until their deaths.

Sources:
* Birth, death and marriage records in Florida, South Carolina and California.
* Family research submitted by John Burnett, Ph.D. of Reno, NV.
* Pendergrass family records submitted by Mrs. Lois Pendergrass.