Nancy Steele Penick

Rocky Mount

Nancy S. Penick died in The Albemarle Senior Living Center in Tarboro on February 5, 2021. A private family Service of Memory and Holy Eucharist will be celebrated at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount on February 11, 2021.

Nancy was the daughter of Hobart T. Steele and Rouss Hayes of Burlington, NC. She was born on October 13, 1927 and at an early age it was noted that she possessed exceptional musical talent. She studied voice and piano from the time she was very young until she graduated from Converse College in 1948 with a BMUS degree. From 1949 until 1951 she taught at St. Mary’s School for girls at Sewanee, Tennessee. Her fondness for children and music led her to direct junior choirs at Grace Church, Whiteville NC, Saint Peter’s Church, Washington NC, and The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount NC. Nancy also taught kindergarten in the Rocky Mount school system and was later employed by Nash Community College to work for twenty years as coordinator of the GED program.

She is survived by her three children: Chip and wife Vicki, Mike and wife Frances, Nancy Brake, and her sister, Sue Perry. Five grandchildren also survive Nancy Penick: Hayes, Mary Peyton, Michael, Charlie, and Ben, as well as, five great grandchildren: Whitaker, Caroline, Mary Shepard, Rhodes, and Georgia.

Nancy was predeceased (2014) by her husband of 65 years, Rev. Charles I Penick, who was her one love and favorite blessing. Her death represents a glorious reunion that closes their circle.

Memorials may be made to The Music Ministry of The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rocky Mount, NC.

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