Martha Penn

Mrs. Martha Nell Whitworth Penn of Kenton, aged 86, died December 21, 2013 at Signature Dove Crest in Memphis. Funeral services for Mrs. Penn will be conducted on Monday, December 23, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Rutherford with Rev. Charles McCall officiating. Interment will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery of Kenton, Tennessee. Born in Rutherford to Clay and Velna Whitworth, she graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and taught at Greenfield High School, retiring in 1991. She was a member of the Kenton Cumberland Presbyterian Church. An accomplished artist, her paintings hang in homes and businesses throughout Tennessee. Preceded in death by her husband, Joe Ferris Penn, Jr. in 1986, she is survived by son Joe Ferris Penn III of Germantown, daughter Carol Penn-Romine of Burbank, California, two grandsons and three great-granddaughters. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until time of service at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 23, 2013. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Martha Nell Whitworth Penn. In lieu of flowers, her family requests that donations be made to the Kenton Cumberland Presbyterian Church (731-749-5600) and the Cumberland Presbyterian Children’s Home in Denton, Texas (http://www.cpch.org).