Henrietta "Penny" Pettigrue Morbley was born April 14, 1920 in Abbeville, South Carolina. Her immediate family migrated to Illinois in the early 1920's, later settling in Milwaukee, WI. She enlisted in the Women's Army Corps during WWII and later served in the Women's Air Force. She met James Oliver Morbley at Lockbourne Air Force Base, they married and began a family the following year. after her husband retired from the military in 1972 the family moved to Perry, OK. She was a longtime, active member of New Prospect Baptist Church, serving as the church's pianist. Penny was preceded in death by her husband in 1994, and is survived by her five children: Penny Kralicek (Bobby) of Wichita, KS, Stephen Morbley of Washington, DC, Gloria Waegerle (Warren) of Austin, TX, James Morbley of Oklahoma City, OK, and Tina Bright (Melvin) of Oklahoma City, OK. She is also survived by seven grandchildren: Taushia Griswold, Eboni Kemp, David Webb, James I. Morbley, Dion Fails, Jordyn Fails, and Chae Morbley, six great-grandchildren, and three great great-grandchildren, many other relatives, and friends.