Age: 70
Address: Spruce Pine
Date of Death: February 4, 2012
Arrangements: Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home

Details:  A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Milburn and Eliza Guinn Harris.  He was a former employee of Coats America.  Pender enjoyed fishing and visiting with his friends at Lil Smoky Restaurant and was loved by all.
     Surviving are his wife: Abigail Carroll Harris; a brother: Hershel Harris and wife Violet of Burnsville; two sisters: Betty Crowder and husband Ken of Swannanoa and Lana Wright and husband Robert of Spruce Pine and several nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Tuesday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home.  The Revs. Scott McIntosh, Curtis Carroll and Frankie Reves will officiate.  Burial will be in the Eddie McMahan Cemetery at Low Gap.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
     Memorials may be made to Hospice of Yancey County, 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville, NC 28714.