Robert Anderson

We just lost Charley Pender who was married to Barbara for over 50 years. Charley was a New Jersey transplant that had owned a bunch of Corvettes starting back to the 50's. He was a fine body and paint guy and also a member of the Blue Ridge Region AACA. Charley was also known for his Corvairs. Charley and Barbara's current Corvette was a White w/ Red interior 75 convertible restored back to mint condition as was all of Charley's cars. Charley would joke a lot about the Yankee / Red Neck thing and we had a lot of laughs about it. I could always count on Charley giving me his brutally honest opinion about anything, especially our Corvette Club. I will miss this man.
May our prayers and thoughts be with Barbara and their children. There will be a memorial service Tuesday (25th) at 7PM at Whittens Funeral Home in Madison Heights and I'm sure the parking lot will be full of Corvettes.
Robert Anderson
Virginia Corvette Club Director and Founding Member 1983

ZR-71

Sounds like Charley was a Hell of a good guy

chipl82

you couldnt have said it better. we all are gonna miss him tremendously. he was a good friend and fellow club member. the best auctioneer ever.

kawils2

Here's to Charley - Sounds like he left the world a better place & resides in an even better one now.