Sidney Conger Penn

Mrs. Sidney Conger Grinolds Penn, 69, 1709 Highway 30W, Americus, passed away on Thursday night, September 3, 2009, at her home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 6, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with Brother Don Musgrave officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers will include Chuck Stewart, Jamie Conger, Bengy Conger, Glenn Penn, Pat Penn, and Glenn West. Honorary pallbearers will be Matthew Grinolds, Henry Salter, Chad Pilcher, Alex Penn, and Shelby Penn. Born June 2, 1940, in Crescent City, FL, Mrs. Penn was a daughter of the late Benjamin Dow Conger and Lillie Mae Barfield Conger. She was a member of the Church of Christ and served as a waitress in several restaurants in Americus before retiring in 2002 from her position as the manager of the Huddle House. The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 5. At other times, friends may call at the family residence. At the request of family members, please consider Hospice of Americus and Sumter County, P.O. Box 1434, Americus, GA 31709, for memorial contributions. Survivors include her husband, Nelson Penn of Americus; a son, Tony Grinolds of Americus; a brother and sister-in-law, James and Pat Conger; grandchildren and their companions, Naz Jackson and Angela Strickland, Danielle Jackson and Henry Salter, Michelle Leigh Grinolds and Chad Pilcher, and Matthew Grinolds and Heather Hall, all of Americus; great grandchildren, Tess Hart, Nazareth Jackson, II, Sarah Underwood, Miranda Underwood, Kyndall Underwood, and Nickalas Pilcher, all of Americus; step children, Kathy and Glenn West of Hopkinsville, KY, Patrick Penn of Panama City, FL, Glenn and De Penn of Panama City; step grandchildren, Shelby West of Hopkinsville, KY, Susan Penn, Alex Penn, Mia Penn, and Christian Penn, all of Panama City, FL; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Lu and Mike Gaspard of Youngstown, FL, and Don and Dona Musgrave of Atlanta; and a relative of honorable mention, Norman “Dad” Gaspard of Lynn Haven, FL. Several nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Terri Jackson, and a son, Larry Grinolds. Hancock Funeral Home, 427 South Lee Street, Americus, GA is in charge of arrangements.