Muriel Dee Pennington, 90, of Sarcoxie, Missouri, departed this life on Friday, November 10, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.

Muriel entered this life on March 4, 1927, in Bowers Mill, Missouri, daughter of the late John D. and Ethel M. (Enkey) Stirewalt. She was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. On October 15, 1948, she was united in marriage to Gerald Pennington, and to this union one son was born. Muriel was a devoted, wife, mother and grandmother.

She was preceded in death by her parents; five sisters, Rose West, Louise Spellman, Jewell Roughton, Ninna Comstock and Betty Carnes; four brothers, Lamound Stirewalt, J.D. Stirewalt, Lloyd Stirewalt and Harold Stirewalt.

Muriel is survived by her husband of sixty-nine years, Gerald Pennington of Sarcoxie Missouri; one son, Duwayne Pennington and wife, Cynthia, of Keller, Texas; three grandchildren, Jaime Loomis and husband, Jason, of Ft. Worth, Texas, Cade Pennington and wife, Loida, of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Seth Pennington and wife, Tara, of Southlake, Texas; eight great grandchildren, Micah Loomis, Noah Loomis, Isaac Loomis, Amelia Loomis, Lucas Pennington, Mateo Pennington, Gabriela Pennington and Lucia Pennington; one brother, Clyde Stirewalt; as well as a host of other family and friends.

Funeral services for Mrs. Pennington are 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri, with Pastor Bob Holman officiating. Burial will follow in Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri. Visitation will be 10-10:45 a.m. prior to the service. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers will be her family. In lieu of flowers memorials are being directed to the Sarcoxie Nursing Center c/o the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com . Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.