Harmon Glenn Peddy

Peddy, Glenn, 85, died peacefully on February 5, 2015 after an extended illness. Visitation will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Prattville, AL on Monday, February 9, 2015 from 9:30 until 11:00 with the service to follow at 11:00. Internment will be at Mount Hebron West Baptist Church in Elmore, AL. Glenn was born in 1929 to James Watson and Jessie Perkins Peddy of Elmore County. He graduated from Wetumpka High School in 1948 and later attended Auburn University. He was a member of the United States Army and was enlisted in Company G – 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division. After serving his country in the Korean War, Glenn returned to Alabama where he worked for many years in Montgomery. He married the late Mary Lovett Matthews and worked for Matthews Hay Farm which later became Peddy Hay Farm. Glenn was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church in Prattville where he served as a deacon, Chairman of the Deacons, Chairman of the Sunday School department and as a ruling Elder. He also loved to hunt and fish and to be with family and friends. Glenn is preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Mary Lovett Matthews Peddy and his parents, James Watson Peddy and Jessie Perkins Peddy. He is survived by his two daughters, Carolyn Peddy Bryan (Bill) and Margaret Peddy Beck (Richard) as well as four grandchildren, Blake Matthews Bryan (Mary Ann), Katherine Bryan Berry (Jordan), Mary Margaret Beck and Elizabeth Hamrick Beck and one great-grandchild, John Tyler Bryan. He is also survived by his brother, James Hester Peddy, and sisters, Margaret Peddy Skinner (Bill), and Doris Peddy Beatty (Billy). Pallbearers will be James Lawrence Goodson Jr., James David Jones III, Edward Simmons Pearson, Morris Smith, Andrew Milton Wendland, and James Michael Wendland. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Crane, John Murphy, James Pearson, Jack Rendleman, Roger Tinsley, Milton Wendland and members of The Coke & Coffee Sunday School Class at First Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the organ fund at First Presbyterian Church, Prattville, AL or to one’s favorite charity.

Harmon Glenn Peddy

May 11, 1929 - February 5, 2015