Florida Family Group Sheet for Edward Julian PENDERGRASS Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: John Burnett Email address: intoroots@charter.net 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? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation: Pendergrass family records submitted by Mrs. Lois Pendergrass. Note: 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. Record sources: birth, death and marriage records in Florida, South Carolina and California. Family research submitted by John Burnett, Ph.D. of Reno, NV.