David Gene Ponder

August 22, 1946 - April 23, 2020

David G. Ponder was born in Marshall, Texas on August 22, 1946 to David Alexander and Ethel Marie Ponder. David went to Marshall Schools from first grade to twelfth grade and he graduated in May 1964. He went on to join the Army and was stationed in Germany for three years where he served as a helicopter mechanic and crew chief. He received his Honorable Discharge on December 7, 1967.

He accepted the Lord Jesus Christ at Holms Baptist Church of Marshall, Texas at an early age and had worked hard in his Baptist Faith keeping Jesus at his side all these years.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Peggy Jo Ponder; daughter and son-in-law, Tonya and Ron Pender as well as his sweet granddaughters, Kelli and Sydney Pender, all of Waskom, Texas. He has two brothers and sister-in-law’s, Jerry and Rebecca Ponder and Donnie and Rachael Ponder of Marshall: he also has a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jeanie and Eddie Standefer, sister-in-law, Weda Barnett all of Carthage, Texas, sister-in-law, Nora Bain of Big Sandy, Texas, sister-in-law, Evelyn Pittman of Gladewater, Texas, and brother-in-law, Roy Lawson of White Oak, Texas. He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews, family members and friends.

He is preceded in death by his parents, David Alexander Ponder and Ethel Marie Ponder; sister, Betty Lou Fagg and brother-in-law, David Fagg as well as a great nephew, Trent Alexander Kyles.

David loved the great outdoors. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and trapper. He always seemed to find a way to be in the woods deer hunting or squirrel hunting or fishing just about anywhere there was water and some type of fish to catch even a turtle would work sometimes.

He was loved by many family and friends and will be greatly missed. He is now in the arms of our Lord Jesus Christ and someday when the time is right our family chain will not be broken. We will all be together again in Glory for eternity.

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