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Mr. Dewey Pierce Pendley Sr.


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CLARK FUNERAL HOME

NEWSPAPER OBIT

4373 ATLANTA HWY.

HIRAM, GA 30141

770-445-7133

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Pendley

Mr. Dewey Pierce Pendley, Sr., age 80, of Calhoun, Georgia, formerly of Hiram, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2006 at Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, following several months of declining health. He was born on March 10, 1925, son of the late Charlie and Lula Pendley. Dewey served in the United States Navy and was a World War II veteran. He was co-owner and vice president of Heaton Erecting Company from 1966 until his retirement in 1995. He served as city councilman for the city of Hiram for several years prior to becoming Mayor. He served as Mayor of Hiram from 1978 until September of 2005. He served on the board of directors for Regions bank and was a member of the Paulding County Chamber of Commerce, the Paulding County Building Association and the Paulding County Water Authority. He was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, brother and friend.

Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Louise Pendley; a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Joe Stepp of Calhoun, Georgia; a son, Dewey Pierce Pendley Jr. of Marietta, Georgia; a grandson, Brent Stepp and his wife, April; great-grandchildren, Kelan and Sophie Stepp, all of Calhoun, Georgia; a brother and sister-in-law, C. J. and Rita Pendley of Powder Springs, Georgia; a brother-in-law, C. J. Petty of Lithia Springs, Georgia; a sister-in-law, Geneva Perry of Austell, Georgia; many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. from Clark Funeral Home in Hiram, Georgia with Dr. Tim Walker of Poplar Springs Baptist Church and Dr. Ernest Easley of Roswell Street Baptist Church officiating. The entombment will follow in Paulding Memorial Gardens with Richard Smith, Carl Newton, Charles Hardy, C. W. Allen, Bill Englett, Bobby Hollis, Tyre Rakestraw and Benny Strickland serving as pallbearers. The honorary pallbearers are Jake Heaton, the Hiram City Council, Jim Jordan, C. W. Brooks, Ronnie Dodson and Billy Ray Hancock. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Poplar Springs Baptist Church Building Fund, 184 Hiram-Douglasville Hwy., Hiram, Georgia 30141. Clark Funeral Home in Hiram, Georgia in charge of arrangements.

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