Mrs. Peggy Sue Lane Breshears, age 80 of Gainesboro, TN formerly of Springfield, MO, passed away Sunday February 27, 2011 in Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, TN.
She was born March 14, 1930 in Halfway, MO to William Jasper & Lucy Pearl (Roberts) Lane. Peggy married David Brooks Breshears in October 1947. She was a member of the Christian Church and was baptized into Christ on Nov. 19, 1944. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Peggy has spent the past four years with her daughter in Tennessee.
Peggy was preceded in death by her parents; her husband David Brooks Breshears; four brothers Virgil, Clyde, Carl and her twin Bill Lane; four sisters Dixie Reed, Betty Breshears, Velma Agee and Gladys Mosher.
She is survived by four sons David Gary Breshears and his wife Joanie of Mt. Juliet, TN; William Kent Breshears of Springfield, MO; Steven Lee Breshears and his wife Ellen of Brentwood, TN; Kevin Lane Breshears of Springfield, MO; one daughter Janice Kay Gaw and her husband Ted of Gainesboro, TN; sister Pearl Burgett of Springfield, MO; 6 grandchildren Michelle Colburn & her husband Chris of Lee’s Summit, MO; Heather Moore and her husband Chris of Pleasant Hill, MO; Eric Gaw & his wife Lacey of Hermitage, TN; Brad & Joel Gaw of Gainesboro, TN and Kelsey Breshears of Nashville, TN; 9 great grandchildren Quinn, Aidan, Jean & Tate Colburn; Kyle, Joshua, Emma, Julia and Grace Moore, all of MO.
Funeral services for Peggy Sue Breshears will be at 1:00 pm Wednesday March 2, 2011 in Pitts Chapel in Bolivar, MO with Bro Ted Gaw officiating with burial to follow in the Mount View Cemetery in Polk, MO. Visitation is at 10:00 am until time of services on Wednesday in the chapel. Friends and family may sign a guest book or send private condolences at: www.greenlawnfuneralhome.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Pitts Chapel in Bolivar, MO.