Obituary of Vera Denison Peppers

Funeral services for Vera Denison Peppers, age 74, of Grayson, will be held at 10:00 AM, Thursday, December 28, 2017 from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with Bro. Todd Whittington and Elvis Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at Roberts Cemetery in Kelly. Visitation will be Wednesday from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM at the funeral home.

Vera was born August 16, 1943 to the union of George and Myrtle Patton Denison in Columbia and she passed from this life on December 24, 2017 at Autumn Leaves Nursing Home in Winnfield.

Vera’s family was the most important thing in her life. She loved to cook and read. She was preceded in death by her husband: Elvis “Buddy” Peppers; her parents; step-father: Otis Tarver; siblings: Blanche Phillips, Bernard Denison, Maxine Grant, and Nadine Proffer; grandson: Jeremy Dulaney.

She is survived by her sons: Barry and (Mary) Peppers; Billy and (Ann) Peppers; daughters: Betty and (Joe) Phillips; Becky and (William) Jones;  brother: Jimmy Denison; grandchildren: Elvis and (Jennifer Phillips), Tonya and (Jimmy) Varnell, April Martinez, Justin and (Amanda) Dulaney, Angela Dulaney and (Cory Oliveaux), Billy Jack and (Jodi) Peppers, Catherine and (Mark) Basaldua, Jackie Peppers and (Ralph Ramburan); seventeen great- grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Jim Thompson, Daniel Eubanks, Eddie Westbrooks, Sherman Peppers, Jason Peppers, George Humphries, Mike Thomas, and Jerrod Miley.