Helen Marie Pendergrass, daughter of the late Ezra Williams and Mildred Cook Pulliam, was born on November 18, 1934 in Bloomfield, Missouri, and departed this life on October 29, 2020 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, at the age of 85 years.

Mrs. Pendergrass was a former employee of Magna Tech in Blytheville, Arkansas and a resident of Dexter.

In June 2014, in Kennett, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Raymond Pendergrass. Mr. Pendergrass survives of their home in Dexter.

In addition to her husband Raymond, she is survived by her daughter, Teresa Kinder of California, Missouri; by her brother, Frank Williams of O’Fallon, Missouri; by two sisters, Josephine Petit of Puxico, Missouri and Louise Sampson of Bonne Terre, Missouri; by two grandchildren, Marisa Mitchell and husband Tim, and Shawn Morris; by three great-grandchildren, Jamie Earnheart, Reece Mitchell, and Corbyn Mitchell; and by one great-great granddaughter, Alice Sturm.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Rose Fast.

No services are currently planned.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.