Martha Jane Evans Pendley, 75, of Tifton passed away Friday, June 2, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Pendley at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 4, 2017, at Tift Memorial Gardens, where she will be laid to rest. The Rev. Terrell Roberts will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday, June 3, 2017, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Born November 20, 1941 in Pendergrass, Mrs. Pendley was the daughter of the late Ralph Samuel Evans and Jeannette Alexander Evans. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, A. J. Stinchcomb; her second husband, Floyd “Sarge” Pendley; two sons, J. B. Stinchcomb and Jerry Stinchcomb; and two brothers, Bill Evans and Jack Evans. She was retired from Wishbone Fried Chicken and attended Tift Avenue Missionary Baptist Church.
Mrs. Pendley is survived by four sons and three daughters-in-law, Gary and Lynn Stinchcomb of Winder, Jimmy Stinchcomb of Lawrenceville, Michael and Melissa Stinchcomb of Bethlehem and Roger and Eloise Pendley of Winder; four daughters, Carrie Dean Stinchcomb of Winder, Diane Barnes of Bethlehem, Brenda Richardson of Rome and Sheila Healan of Bethlehem; a daughter-in-law, Linda Stinchcomb of Tifton; one brother, James “Bo” Evans of Braselton; two sisters, Pat Duck of Braselton and Mickey Snow of Lawrenceville; 16 grandchildren and their spouses, James Stinchcomb, Dewayne Strickland, Mark Strickland, Deana Delbridge, Mona and Lonnie Stout, Sheri and Eric Croft, Adam Stinchcomb, Brandon Stinchcomb, Anita Healan, Mark Healan, Melvin Healan, Mike Layer, Jill and Chad Wilson, Bo Bo and Christie Pendley, Jerry Stinchcomb and Kayla Stinchcomb; and numerous great-grandchildren.