Margaret Pauline Garren Penland

Margaret Pauline Garren Penland, 85, passed away peacefully to rejoin her family in Heaven on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the Memorial Campus of Mission Hospitals. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Edgar and Avis Irene Patton Garren. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Frank Penland; step son, Samuel Frank Penland, Jr.; and sister, Bertha Ann Burkhart. Mrs. Penland was an original Mission Bell graduate and she worked as a registered nurse with the Charles George V.A. Medical Center , Dr. Jack Powell and other Asheville Physicians. Her professional calling in life as a nurse carried over into every aspect of her personal life, as she was a caregiver to all those she loved. Surviving are her brother, Benjamin Franklin Garren of Candler; brother-in-law, George Burkhart of Norfolk, VA; sister-in-law and best friend, Hazel Penland of Asheville; many nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, extended family, and several lifelong friends. Funeral services will be held at 12 PM Thursday, April 27, 2017 in the chapel of the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, with Rev. Jeff Brooks officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Flowers will be accepted or donations can be made to the Penland family to assist with funeral expenses.