Janis Lee Penick

May 24, 1933 - December 30, 2016

Funeral services for Janis Lee Penick, age 83, of Reklaw are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 31, 2016 in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Cole Penick officiating. Burial will follow at Augusta Cemetery. Ms. Penick passed away December 30, 2016 in Rusk. She was born May 24, 1933 in Shreveport, Louisiana to the late William and Eula Mae Cross Cooper. Ms. Penick was a resident of Reklaw since 1989 formerly of Broken Arrow, OK. She was a Baptist by faith, past president and lifelong member of the PTA and a WMU and Sunday school teacher. Ms. Penick also loved playing dominos and pinochle with her husband and loved her children and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, William Albert Penick, brother, Warren Cooper. Survivors include her five children, Janette Jones and husband Terry of Arkansas, Bud Penick and wife B.J. of Oklahoma, Pickle Lay and husband John of Grand Prairie, TX, John Penick of Reklaw, Doris Penick Cheadle of Reklaw, fifteen grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will include Austin Penick, Luke Penick, Sam Lay, Aaron Cheadle, Jason Headrick and Michael Cheadle. An honorary pallbearer will be Cole Penick. Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 31, 2016 at the funeral home.