Betty Smith Peigler, 85, wife of the late Andy Peigler, formerly of Charleston, SC departed this life on Sunday, November 8, 2009 in Englewood, FL while visiting family. The relatives and friends of Betty Peigler are invited to attend her Funeral Service at the graveside, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Carolina Memorial Park at 11 a.m. Local arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR INC, MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. The family will receive friends at the Mount Pleasant Chapel on Friday, November 13, 2009 from 6 until 8 p.m.  

Mrs. Peigler was born Dec. 27, 1923 in Andrews, South Carolina, daughter of the late Reid Whitford Smith and Emily Bryan Smith. She attended North Charleston High School and was a resident of Charleston, South Carolina from the age of 16. She retired from the State of South Carolina School System, where she was employed for 20 years as a lunch room manager for several schools in Mt. Pleasant and North Charleston. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Charleston Chapter #56 Order of Eastern Star, was Past Mother Advisor for Mt. Pleasant Assembly #15 Order of Rainbow for Girls. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed sewing, various handcrafts, and reading romance novels. She also enjoyed canning and freezing a multitude of vegetables grown by her husband. She will always be remembered by her family for her favorite saying “God don’t like ugly.”
She is survived by her daughters, Melissa Peigler Marquess and her husband, Ted, of Englewood, FL and Knoxville, TN and Amanda Peigler McGinty of Virginia Beach, VA; grandchildren, Paul Lester and his wife, Gretchen, of Arlington, VA, Suzanne McGinty and Julianne McGinty of Virginia Beach, VA and Morgann McGinty of Boston, MA; step-grandchildren, James McNabb and his wife, Alyssa, of Des Moines, IA, Jeffrey McNabb of San Diego, CA, Paul Marquess and his wife, Sandy, of Cumming, GA, Cathy Illg and her husband, Gary, of Madison, AL and Holly Clancy and her husband, Kelly, of Knoxville, TN; brother, Wayne Smith and his wife, Janie, of Dayton, NV; daughter-in-law, Leigh Nelson Peigler of Mt. Pleasant, SC; brother-in-law, Herbert Pooser of Charleston Heights, SC and numerous nieces and nephews in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina and California.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 67 years, Andy Peigler, her devoted son, Charlie Peigler, sisters, Elizabeth “Sister” Smith Marlow and Beverly Smith Pooser, both formerly of Charleston Heights, SC and Virginia (Ginny) Smith Thomas, formerly of Clyo, GA and her brother, George W. “Bubba” Smith formerly of North Charleston, SC.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made in memory of Betty S. Peigler to Helping Hands Food Closet, c/o Community Presbyterian Church, 405 South McCall Road, Englewood, FL  34223 or Lem Bowden Memorial Food Closet, c/o Eastern Shore Chapel Episcopal Church, 2020 Laskin Road, Virginia Beach, VA  23454.

A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.