ELSIE BELLE (GOWEN) PENN

Elsie Belle (Gowen) Penn, 82, died Jan. 22, 2007, at Medco Center of Brandenburg. She was born July 13, 1924, in Green County, the daughter of the late Willie E. and Mattie (Bale) Gowen.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin L. Penn; two infant children, Mattie Cornell Penn and Charles Penn; a daughter, Hazel Marcella Linder; a stepdaughter, Betty Jean Dickenson; and a stepson, John Melvin Penn.

Mrs. Penn is survived by her sons, Henry Albert (Jeanette) Penn, and David Eugene (Lillian) Penn, both of Brandenburg; a stepdaughter, Alice Elizabeth (Carl) Krumpelman, Covington; a sister, Mary Price, Green County; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Jan. 25 from the chapel of Bruington-Jenkins-Sturgeon Funeral Home with Brother Ralph Johnson officiating. Burial was in New Brandenburg Baptist Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Nathan Penn, Brian Love, Jeff Jupin, Neal Barger, D.J. Penn and Lynn Jupin.

 

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