November 25, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Another person has succumbed to burns and injuries suffered in a fire at their home last month at 1232 Roy Foster Road between Greenhill and Dibrell in Warren County.
82-year-old Nancy Jane Pinegar passed away at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Saturday November 23
The fire, on Saturday, October 26, claimed her husband 89-year-old Percy Pinegar, Sr.
Firefighters from the North Warren, Campaign-Rock Island, and Centertown Fire Departments quickly responded to the scene, found the residence partially ablaze, and learned that the bedridden Mr. Pinegar and his wife Nancy were still inside the home. Firefighters removed Mr. Pinegar but he died at the scene. Mrs. Pinegar and her grandson and great grandson got out of the residence although she suffered burns trying to help Mr. Pinegar.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation but is thought to have been accidental.
Mrs. Pinegar was born July 31, 1942, to her parents the late Lester and Lori Roller Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Percy Pinegar, Sr.; son, David Wayne Pinegar; daughter, Debra Dunn; daughter-in-law, Rhodessa Pinegar; son-in-law, Jimmy Beacham; grandson, Percy Lee Pinegar,III; granddaughter, Layla Pinegar; sister, Ann Puckett. She is survived by her children, Percy Pinegar, Jr., Charles (Melissa) Pinegar, Cindy Beacham, Johnny Lee Pinegar; son-in-law, Jimmy Dunn; special granddaughter, Kayla (Greg) Hooper; grandchildren, Jimmie Lynn (Kenneth) Wolfe, Billy (Lashonda) Dunn, Jessica Steinback, Rebecca Steele, Jason (Misti) Parsley, Chris Pinegar, Jessie Pinegar, and Dillon Lee; several great and great-great grandchildren; 1 special great-great grandson, Issiac Pinegar; 2 sisters, Dean Pinegar of McMinnville and Evelyn Crawford of Ohio.
Graveside Services and interment will be 1PM Tuesday, November 26 at Webb Cemetery at Bluff Springs with Matthew Johannsen officiating. Visitation with the family will be on Tuesday 9:AM until 12:30 PM, at which time Mrs. Pinegar will be taken to the cemetery for the graveside service.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by DeKalb Funeral Chapel.