Mrs. Penny Criddle

May 5, 1925 - April 13, 2020

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Penny Criddle, 94, of Carthage, Texas will be held privately in the Matinburg Cemetery in Camp County, Texas. Burial will follow under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. Mrs. Betty Jane “Penny” Kinlough Criddle was born May 5, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri. She passed this life April 13, 2020 in Carthage, Texas. Penny was the only child born to the marriage of Arthur Thomas and Anna Irene Barrett Kinlough. Penny was raised and schooled in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She married Charles Robert Meyr in 1943 and they celebrated 20 years of marriage before he preceded her in death in 1963. Penny worked as a photography model and many years later she would own and operate the Penny and Irene Florist in Midwest City, Oklahoma for 22 years. There she was an active volunteer at Midwest City Hospital and member of the Greater Oklahoma City Florist Association. She married Charles Edward Criddle in 1981 and they celebrated 33 years of marriage before he preceded her in death in 2014. Mrs. Criddle was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Carthage. She is also preceded in death by her parents. Mrs. Criddle is survived by her loving daughter and caregiver, Cheri Fleming and husband Bob of Carthage; son, Mike Meyer and wife Susan of Plano; grandchildren, Kim Bagley Smith and husband Chris of Carthage, Kevin Meyer and wife Traci of Whitehouse, Kaysha Moore and husband Mark of McKinney; great grandchildren, Bryan Bagley, Jacie Bagley, Peyton Meyer, Kassidy Meyer, Mary Gwen Moore, and Spencer Moore, other relatives and a host of friends.