Velma Lou Pendergrass

JOSHUA -- Velma Lou Pendergrass, 79, passed away Tuesday, December 20, 2011, in Burleson. Service: 10AM Friday, December 23, 2011, at First United Methodist Church of Joshua. Visitation: 6PM to 8PM Thursday, at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Burial: Caddo Cemetery, Joshua. Velma was born May 19, 1932, to the late Rodney, and Annie Mae Farris Stegall. To Velma Lou, there was nothing more important than family. Survivors: husband, Carl Pendergrass; sons, Ricky Pendrgrass, and wife Linda Barnard, Nicky Yauger, and wife, Kim; daughters, Jody White, and husband Ken Ross, Marilyn Olmsted, and husband, J.R., Carla Reynolds, and husband Mike; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; sister, Elizabeth Williams, and husband Wayne; brother Jerald Stegall; beloved pet dog Pepe; and a host of loving extended family and friends.