Leona Penny

Angier, NC:  Mrs. Leona Clifton Penny, age 88, of 8197B NC Hwy 50 North died Sunday at Duke Raleigh Hospital.  Funeral services will be 3:00PM Thursday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Benson.  Rev. Billy Cashwell and Mr. Perry Benson will officiate.  Burial will follow in Roselawn Cemetery.             Mrs. Penny was born January 3, 1928 in Johnston County to the late Victor E. and Flossie Parrish Clifton.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Harold E. Penny, and a son, Timothy Martin Penny.  Mrs. Penny was a homemaker and a farmer.             Survivors include daughters & sons-in-law, Jamone & Ray Johnson of Angier and Kimberly & Bill Smodic of Raleigh; son & daughter-in-law, David H. & Pat Penny of Benson; sisters, Beulah Mae Johnson of Benson and Myrtle C. Kornegay of Smithfield; grandchildren, Davey Penny & wife, Angel, and Keri Leigh Penny; and great grandchildren, Reese, Ellie, & Knox Penny.             The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 1:00PM to 2:30PM Thursday prior to the service and other times at the home of Jamone & Ray Johnson, 8197A NC Hwy 50 North, Angier, NC  27501.             Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Activities Fund, 2315 NC Hwy 242 North, Benson, NC  27504.