JACKSON -- Ethel Penrod, 88, of Jackson, died Monday, July 25, 1994, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Aug. 20, 1905, in Fisher, Ark., daughter of Thomas E. and Iva Childers Cox. She first married Chester Lee Masters Feb. 19, 1925, who died Sept. 10, 1933. She later married Lee Penrod Jan. 17, 1940. He died Dec. 15, 1967.

Penrod was a member of First Baptist Church and its Mary Martha Sunday School Class.

Survivors include a daughter, Betty Hoffmeister of Jackson; a stepdaughter, Mary Noblitt of Black Canyon City, Ariz.; three stepsons, Pete and Robert Penrod of Cape Girardeau, William Penrod of Fruitland; two granddaughters; three great-grandsons; 14 stepgrandchildren, and 18 great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Bill Ellis officiating. Burial will be in Russell Heights Cemetery.