of Bonham, TX
February 20, 1935 - September 4, 2013
Vernita A. Pepper, age 78, of Bonham, Texas, passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2013, in Bonham. The daughter of Ernest & Rosealie (Von Stiers) Rodenbaugh, was born February 20-1935 in Lucas, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lonnie Pepper, Jr,; and her sister, Mariane Murphy.
She was a longtime previous resident of Mountain Home and was a veteran of the
U. S. Navy. She was a homemaker, a writer having written many articles for different magazines, an artist and she was a huge genealogy buff.
Vernita is survived by her daughter, Dianne Hicks, of Fort Worth, TX; her grandson, Michael (Lorie) McDole; her granddaughter, Sarah Hicks; her great-grandchildren, Elizabeth McDole & Mark McDole; and her sister, Lillian Halsey of Mtn. Home.
Graveside service was Saturday, September 7, 2013, at Maplewood Cemetery.