IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Penny M.
Griggs
January 28, 1944 – July 12, 2009
Obituary
PENELOPE M. 'PENNY' CRENSHAW GRIGGS, age 65, a resident of Charleston, died at 5:50 p.m., Sunday, July 12, 2009 at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born January 28, 1944, at San Diego, CA to the late Dr. Edwin Addison Taylor and Dr. Eva Gaede Taylor. Following her marriage to Richard V. Crenshaw, the couple moved to Bertrand in 1967 to pursue beef cattle and row crop farming. In 1977 she became the substitute rural letter carrier for Route 2 Charleston then advanced to regular carrier, and remained in that position until she retired in 2004. She was co-owner and operator of G & G Trucking and the Vikings South 40 at Charleston. She had attended the Bertrand United Methodist Church, and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Penny loved the outdoors, especially the ocean. She was an avid gardener and bird watcher, and loved cooking and camping.
On January 30, 1966, she married to Richard V. Crenshaw who preceded her in death. On June 19, 1995, she married Sam Griggs, who survives of the home in Charleston.
Also surviving are: one son and daughter in law, Joe and Crystal Crenshaw of Watertown, NY; one daughter and son in law, Tina and Jimmy Withrow of Sikeston; one granddaughter, Ashley Withrow of Sikeston; one grandson, Brent Crenshaw of Worden, IL; two stepsons, Michael Griggs of St. Louis and Steven Griggs of Charleston; one stepdaughter, Debbie Griggs of Charleston; one brother and sister in law, Edwin Addison and Bonnie Taylor, Jr. of San Diego, CA; her father in law, Roy D. Fletcher of Charleston; five step grandchildren, two step great grand children, and her beloved Chocolate Lab, "Sambo".
One brother, Donnie Taylor, preceded her in death.
Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Rev. Joe McCollough, pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church of Sikeston, and Rev. Robert Griggs of Webster Groves, MO, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Smith Griggs Cemetery near Wyatt under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Joseph Crenshaw, Brent Crenshaw, Keith Quertermous, Larry Brown, Lee Michael Griggs and Nelson McMikle.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Walter Welch, Dennis Quertermous, and Roy D. Fletcher.
She was born January 28, 1944, at San Diego, CA to the late Dr. Edwin Addison Taylor and Dr. Eva Gaede Taylor. Following her marriage to Richard V. Crenshaw, the couple moved to Bertrand in 1967 to pursue beef cattle and row crop farming. In 1977 she became the substitute rural letter carrier for Route 2 Charleston then advanced to regular carrier, and remained in that position until she retired in 2004. She was co-owner and operator of G & G Trucking and the Vikings South 40 at Charleston. She had attended the Bertrand United Methodist Church, and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Penny loved the outdoors, especially the ocean. She was an avid gardener and bird watcher, and loved cooking and camping.
On January 30, 1966, she married to Richard V. Crenshaw who preceded her in death. On June 19, 1995, she married Sam Griggs, who survives of the home in Charleston.
Also surviving are: one son and daughter in law, Joe and Crystal Crenshaw of Watertown, NY; one daughter and son in law, Tina and Jimmy Withrow of Sikeston; one granddaughter, Ashley Withrow of Sikeston; one grandson, Brent Crenshaw of Worden, IL; two stepsons, Michael Griggs of St. Louis and Steven Griggs of Charleston; one stepdaughter, Debbie Griggs of Charleston; one brother and sister in law, Edwin Addison and Bonnie Taylor, Jr. of San Diego, CA; her father in law, Roy D. Fletcher of Charleston; five step grandchildren, two step great grand children, and her beloved Chocolate Lab, "Sambo".
One brother, Donnie Taylor, preceded her in death.
Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Rev. Joe McCollough, pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church of Sikeston, and Rev. Robert Griggs of Webster Groves, MO, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Smith Griggs Cemetery near Wyatt under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Joseph Crenshaw, Brent Crenshaw, Keith Quertermous, Larry Brown, Lee Michael Griggs and Nelson McMikle.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Walter Welch, Dennis Quertermous, and Roy D. Fletcher.
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