John Allen Penley And Mary Ann Penley, Minnesota
Even though we had not been in touch with Percy, except by phone, since he and Eleanor were in South Dakota for his work my wife, Mary, and I feel your family’s loss. Percy was my uncle and he and I grew up together on his dad’s dairy farm outside Montgomery, AL. He taught me to hunt and trap. Before he joined the Navy he and I milked cows by hand and worked the cows each morning before going to school. His daughter Brenda was the only girl of eleven grandchildren of A.D. and Annie Lee Martin. I am sorry that we will not be able to attend his funeral. We live in Minnesota and cannot get away at this time. Our prayers and condolences go out to all his family. He was a very special man. God’s blessings to each of you.