Mr. Anthony Drake "Ankee" "A.P." Pendergrass, of Chester, South Carolina went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 18, 2013 in Butner, North Carolina. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Sunday, November 24, 2013 at Brown's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church with Reverend Keith Taylor, officiating and assisted by Reverend Angela Boyd. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. A native of Chester County, South Carolina he was the son of Veronica Sanders and the late Andrew Peay. He was educated in the Chester County Public Schools. He is survived by his wife, Venice Douglas Pendergrass, of the home; five children: Tarachjae Murphy, Anthony Drake Pendergrass, Jr., Aliek Pendergrass, Ankee Pendergrass and Zyquarius Gladney, all of Chester, South Carolina; mother Veronica Sanders, Rock Hill, South Carolina; sister Valerie Pendergrass, Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Monique Peay, New York; brother Chance Peay, New York; mother-in-law, Earnestine B. Douglas, Chester, South Carolina; father-in-law, James Douglas, Sr., Baltimore, Maryland; 6 grandchildren; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunt, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins other relatives and friends. Viewing will be at the funeral home on Saturday, November 23, 2013 3:00 until 7:00 pm. Family will receive friend at the home of Venice Douglas Pendergrass 683 Lancaster Highway in Chester, South Carolina. Funeral services are entrusted to Christopher King's Funeral Home 703 Old York Road in Chester, South Carolina 29706. Message of love can be sent to the family via the funeral home website at: www.christopherkingsfh.com. Rep. John R. C. King, Funeral Director serving the Pendergrass Family.