Billy Wayne Pendergrass
October 18, 1946 — October 31, 2023
Billy Wayne Pendergrass, “Bill”, 77, of Boynton Beach, FL passed away peacefully on October 31, 2023 at the VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL after a life-limiting illness.
Born in Moulton, AL, his family moved to south FL when he was 3 years old. He attended Seacrest High School, after which he was drafted into the US Army serving a tour in the Republic of Vietnam earning a Purple Heart. Bill became an Electrical Contractor following in his father’s footsteps. Along with his brother, Larry, Pendergrass Electric, Inc. was established in 1980 in Boynton Beach, FL.
Bill was a lifetime member of the Delray Beach Elks Lodge #1770. During his life he enjoyed family, music, dancing, golfing, fishing and hunting. He also had a passion for classic cars and car shows, which became weekend family events. Bill was kind, humble, caring and above all an extraordinary husband, father, son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and friend, a true hero. He lived his life to the fullest and to know him, you knew that his word was his bond.
Bill will be lovingly remembered by his beloved wife, Trilby of 49 years, his loving children; Robert “Rob Dob”, Jeffrey “Boo Bug”, his daughter-in-law: Rose “Rosebud”, his brothers; Larry, wife, Barbara, Bobby, wife, Christine, his sisters; Judy Provence, husband, Jack, Carol Daves, husband, Benny, Peggy Costa, husband, David, numerous nieces and nephews, brothers and sister at heart; Greg Knuth, Randy Stevens, Robert Tinker and Phyllis Bradshaw.
The Bill Pendergrass Family will be informally receiving friends on Monday, November 13, 2023 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at Scobee-Combs-Bowden Funeral Home & Crematory, 599 NE 15th Ave., Boynton Beach, Florida.
A celebration of life will be held on a future date at Fork Mountain, Rutherford County, NC, Bill’s “happiest place on earth”.
Donations in his memory may be made to Delray Beach Elks Lodge, 265 NE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33483 (561.278.1770) to be used for any one of many local community charities. Bill believed in the support of local charities, as well as local businesses.
Please allow us to share a poem that describes our family’s journey during the past month:
God saw that he was getting tired, a cure was not to be.
So He put his arms around him, and whispered “come with me”.
With tearful eyes we watched him suffer, and saw him fade away.
Although we love him dearly, we could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating, his hard working hands put to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.
Frances M. Coelho
Born in Moulton, AL, his family moved to south FL when he was 3 years old. He attended Seacrest High School, after which he was drafted into the US Army serving a tour in the Republic of Vietnam earning a Purple Heart. Bill became an Electrical Contractor following in his father’s footsteps. Along with his brother, Larry, Pendergrass Electric, Inc. was established in 1980 in Boynton Beach, FL.
Bill was a lifetime member of the Delray Beach Elks Lodge #1770. During his life he enjoyed family, music, dancing, golfing, fishing and hunting. He also had a passion for classic cars and car shows, which became weekend family events. Bill was kind, humble, caring and above all an extraordinary husband, father, son, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and friend, a true hero. He lived his life to the fullest and to know him, you knew that his word was his bond.
Bill will be lovingly remembered by his beloved wife, Trilby of 49 years, his loving children; Robert “Rob Dob”, Jeffrey “Boo Bug”, his daughter-in-law: Rose “Rosebud”, his brothers; Larry, wife, Barbara, Bobby, wife, Christine, his sisters; Judy Provence, husband, Jack, Carol Daves, husband, Benny, Peggy Costa, husband, David, numerous nieces and nephews, brothers and sister at heart; Greg Knuth, Randy Stevens, Robert Tinker and Phyllis Bradshaw.
The Bill Pendergrass Family will be informally receiving friends on Monday, November 13, 2023 from 3:00 - 5:00 pm at Scobee-Combs-Bowden Funeral Home & Crematory, 599 NE 15th Ave., Boynton Beach, Florida.
A celebration of life will be held on a future date at Fork Mountain, Rutherford County, NC, Bill’s “happiest place on earth”.
Donations in his memory may be made to Delray Beach Elks Lodge, 265 NE 4th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33483 (561.278.1770) to be used for any one of many local community charities. Bill believed in the support of local charities, as well as local businesses.
Please allow us to share a poem that describes our family’s journey during the past month:
God saw that he was getting tired, a cure was not to be.
So He put his arms around him, and whispered “come with me”.
With tearful eyes we watched him suffer, and saw him fade away.
Although we love him dearly, we could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating, his hard working hands put to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us, He only takes the best.
Frances M. Coelho
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