Penny Brogdon

Penelope (Penny) Kay Pope Brogdon, 84, of Wylie, TX, passed away on April 30, 2026 from a brief illness.

Penny was born on January 7, 1942 in Commerce, Texas to Tap and Lila (Hamm) Pope. She attended schools in Alba, Commerce and Mineola, graduating from Mineola High School in 1960. She was widely known for her genuine smile, being voted Class Favorite at Commerce High School in 1957. She earned her Bachelor degree in Elementary Education from East Texas State College in 1963, where she was a proud member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She started her long teaching career with Richardson ISD after college.

On July 16, 1965 she married Dorman (Dale) Brogdon and they spent a year at Fort Wainwright Army Base in Fairbanks, Alaska where she taught at the elementary school on base. After returning to Texas from Alaska, Penny resumed her teaching career with Richardson ISD and she earned her Masters Degree in 1975. She continued to teach elementary school special education for 34 years, retiring in 1998.

Dale & Penny had one daughter, Kelly, and later two grandchildren, Alayna Wright and Travis Wright. They then moved to Sachse, Texas where they were both active with the First Baptist Church of Sachse as well as the Sachse Senior Center and Sachse Garden Club. After Dale’s passing in 2020, Penny moved to Wylie, Texas and joined the First United Methodist Church of Sachse.

Her lifelong hobbies were reading books, working puzzles and playing bridge. She was a faithful member of her church families and her social circles. She never met a stranger and was widely popular for her welcoming smile and encouraging spirit.

Penny was preceded in death by her parents, Tap and Lila Pope, and her husband Dale Brogdon. She is survived by her daughter Kelly (Brogdon) Knochenmus of Wylie, Texas; her grandchildren Alayna Wright of Little Elm, Texas and Travis Wright of Lubbock, Texas; and her sister Pam Weissert of Alba, Texas.

Services are planned for Friday, May 8, 2026 and will include a visitation at 10:00 am and a funeral service at 11:00 am at First United Methodist Church of Sachse, followed by a brief graveside interment at Roselawn Cemetery in Mineola, Texas at 2:30 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her honor to the First United Methodist Church of Sachse or to your favorite charity.