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Submitted: 8/18/09 • Approved: 2/17/20 • Last Updated: 2/20/20 • R224454-G224452-S3
Robert
March 21, 1942 - January 21, 1972
Aline
April 27, 1941 - January 22, 1972
Robert E
August 17, 1971 - January 21, 1972
*Obituary
Northwest Arkansas Times
Monday, January 24, 1972
Pendley Funeral Set For Tuesday
Triple funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leroy Pendley and their five-month old son, Robert Edwin, killed in an automobile accident Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Callison Funeral Chapel in Rogers, followed by burial in Oakley's Chapel Cemetery.
Pendley was born March 21, 1942 in Rogers and was a truck driver for Wal-Mart.
Mrs. Pendley was born April 27, 1941 at Marsena and Robert Edwin was born Aug. 17, 1971 at Bentonville.
They are survived by two daughters, Karen Sue and Betsey Lee. In addition, Pendley is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruth Arnold Pendley of Rogers; four brothers, William, Ronnie and Donnie of Rogers and Clyde of Pea Ridge and four sisters, Mrs. Martha Sue Presley and Mrs. Joyce Ann Arnold of Bentonville and Mrs. Maxine Cotton and Mrs. Darlene Root, both of Rogers.
Mrs. Pendley is also survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels of Marsena; one brother, T. C. Daniels of Marsena and two sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Watkins of Harrison and Mrs. Julena Blair of Fsyetteville.
Robert Edwin is survived by his sisters and grandparents.
*Obituary (News article)
Northwest Arkansas Times
Saturday, January 22, 1972
Manslaughter Charges Filed Over Accident
Howard Ellison, 32, of Greenland, was charged in Washington County Circuit Court Friday morning with three counts of involuntary manslaughter.
Ellison was the driver of the vehicle that collided head-on with that of a Rogers family Jan. 21, killing three persons.
Robert Leroy Pendley, 29, his wife, Betty A. Pendley, 30, and their 5-month-old son, Robert E. Pendley, all of Rogers, were pronounced dead at Washington General Hospital in Fayetteville after the crash.
Ellison, who is still in the hospital, is listed in fair to good condition. A passenger in his car, Edith Jones, 47, of Springdale, is in fair condition. One other occupant of the Pendley vehicle, Betsy Lee Pendley, 7, survived the crash and was discharged from the hospital Thursday.
The manslaughter charges were filed as a result of blood alcohol tests and interviews with witnesses of the accident, according to Washington County Prosecutor Mahlon Gibson.
Police said that Ellison's car apparently crossed the center line into the northbound traffic lane on the bypass around Fayetteville. Pendley attempted to veer left to avoid the crash, police said, when Ellison apparently began to return his vehicle to its proper lane and the two cars collided.
Contributed on 8/18/09 by wfields55
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