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Submitted: 7/28/22 • Approved: 8/18/22 • Last Updated: 8/20/22 • R1441339-G1441339-S3
Merrill
MASTER SERGEANT US Army
Korea
March 21, 1930 - November 20, 2015
Merrill Theo Pence, 85, of Danville, Arkansas passed away in Danville.
He was born March 21, 1930 in Danville, AR.
He was a retired Contract Inspector for the U. S. Government in Oklahoma City, OK, a member of Alma Church of Christ, a U. S. Army Master Sergeant during the Korean Conflict and a member of Army Combat Engineers.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 60 years, Mary Louise Pence.
Service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Alma Church of Christ with interment in Gracelawn Cemetery with military honors under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home of Alma. The family will visit with friends from 1:00 until service time Tuesday at the Alma Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Deloris Pence of the home; three daughters, Jo Ann Pence Dove of Norman, Marion Louise McGehee of Seminole, Rebecca Lee Pence of Norman; two sons, Merrill Thomas Pence of Alma and David Lawrence Pence of Little Rock; three brothers, Travis Pence and Wyatt Pence both of Danville and Phillip Pence of Yukon, OK
Pallbearers will be Jason Sanders, Daniel Sanders, Greg Dove, Justin Bishop, David Pence, Bryon Lampkin, William Bishop, Stephen Grant Dove and Benny Brown.
Mary
March 23, 1932 - April 22, 2011
Mary Louise Pence, 79 of Alma died Friday, April 22, 2011 in her home.
She was born March 23, 1932 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
She was a retired nurse and a member of Alma Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held Monday, April 25 at 1 p.m. at Alma Church of Christ with burial at Gracelawn Cemetery under the direction of Ocker Funeral Home in Alma.
She is survived by her husband, Merrill; three daughters, Jo Dove and Rebecca Pence, both of Norman, and Marion McGehee of Seminole, Oklahoma; two sons, Merrill Pence of Alma and David Pence of Little Rock; 18 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Steven Pence, Jason and Daniel Sanders, Will, Justin and Ross Bishop and Greg and Stephen Dove.
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 7/28/22 by Bill060
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