Aaron Brown Penland Jr. (1943 - 2016)

Born 6 Jan 1943 in Texas, United States

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Biography

Birth: Jan. 6, 1943 Mineral Wells Palo Pinto County Texas, USA Death: Dec. 27, 2016

Aaron Brown Penland, Jr., 73, of Bay City passed away December 27, 2016. He was born January 6, 1943 in Mineral Wells, Texas to the late Aaron Brown Penland, Sr. and Marguerite Irene Dabelgott Penland. He was a graduate of Texas A & M College, being in the last graduating class before it became Texas A & M University. He proudly served his country as a member of the US Army during the Vietnam War.

He was preceded in death by one brother, Jim Penland. Survivors include his wife Marilyn Penland; daughters Karen Conroy & her husband Pat of Huntsville and Aimee Guidry of Kingwood; son Andy Penland & his wife Courtney of Kingwood; sisters Carole Commo of Houston and Susie Genck of New York; brother Bob Penland of Marlin, TX; mother-in-law, Sybella Green of Bay City and grandchildren Cody Conroy, Cassidy Conroy, J. P. Pruett and Joshua Penland.

Aaron was a loving husband, father and one proud PaPa! Aaron was a rice farmer in Matagorda County for many years before becoming an insurance agent for Farm Bureau in Bay City and retired as an agent for Farmers Insurance in Edna, Texas. His hobbies included hunting, fishing and watching all Aggie games. Whoop!

The family will receive friends and family from 5PM until 7PM Friday, December 30th at Taylor Bros. Funeral Home. Funeral service will be 10:00 AM Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church with interment following at Hawley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Pete Green, Allen Neisig, Richard Neisig, Jeff Blackmore, Daniel Estes and Kirk Carr. Honorary pallbearers will be Chuck Genck, Bill Parker, Dennis Van Hees, Mike Thelen and Sylvester Walleck.

Family links: Parents: Aaron Brown Penland (1918 - 1974) Marguerite Iren Dabelgott Penland (1920 - 1997)

Sibling: Aaron Brown Penland (1943 - 2016) James Earl Penland (1952 - 1974)*

Sources

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Anderson, Texas; Roll: 4167; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 1-25
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #190751320 (accessed 11 November 2023)
  Aaron B Penland Jr (7), single son, in household of Aaron B Penland (32) in Anderson, Texas, USA. Born in Texas.

• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current"
  Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #174629982
  Ancestry Record 60525 #139563213 (accessed 11 November 2023)
  Aaron Brown Penland Jr burial (died on 27 Dec 2016) in Hawley Cemetery, Blessing, Matagorda County, Texas, United States of America. Born on 6 Jan 1943.