Penny Chaney

Ms. Chaney passed away Friday, October 3, 2014, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.

She was born in Lee County, Virginia and later moved to Chicago, IL at the age of two. She then moved to Savannah, TN at age 27 and had lived in Hardeman County for the past 16 years where she was employed with Hardeman County EMS for 17 years as an EMT and billing clerk. She also had worked 2 years at the Criminal Justice Center in Bolivar as a 9-1-1 dispatcher.

She is survived by her three sons, Ricky Taylor, Kyle Chaney and Jerrod Leatherwood; two grandsons, Evan Taylor and Jacob Leatherwood, all of Toone; one sister and her husband, Margaret and Danny Seaton of Savannah; one brother and his wife, Richard and Lisa Taylor of Savannah; four nephews, Greg, and wife, Donna Seaton; Michael Taylor of Illinois, Cody and Ryan Taylor of Savannah; three nieces, Kathleen Taylor of Illinois, Wendy and her husband, Gary Gannon and Sara Wisniowicz, all of Savannah; three great-nieces, Hayley and Tia Gannon, Cloe' Adams; two great-nephews, Corey and Joshua Seaton, all of Savannah.

She was preceded in death by her parents Elizabeth and William Emrich; two brothers, Donald and Mitchell Taylor; and a daughter, Keshia Chaney, all of Illinois.

She also leaves special friends, Peggy and Kim Turner, Champ Crumley, Troy Dempsey, Jackie Kelley and all her friends and co-workers at Hardeman County EMS and The Criminal Justice Center in Bolivar.

Memorials go to the American Cancer Society.