Teddy Pendergrass family, wife, children, parents, siblings

Theodore DeReese Pendergrass was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter.

He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

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Teddy Pendergrass wife

Pendergrass has been married twice in his life. In June 1987, Pendergrass married a former Philadanco dancer named Karen Still, who had also danced in his shows. They divorced in 2002.

In the spring of 2006, Pendergrass met Joan Williams. He proposed to her after four months, and they married in a private ceremony officiated by his Pastor Alyn Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008. A formal wedding was celebrated at The Ocean Cliff Resort in Newport, Rhode Island, on September 6, 2008. As members of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, Joan Pendergrass set up The Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Youth Fund in the name of Pendergrass to provide assistance and a center for Philadelphia’s inner city youth.

Teddy Pendergrass children

Pendergrass had four children from his marriage and they are Teddy Pendergrass II, LaDonna Pendergrass, Tamon Pendergrass, and Tisha Pendergrass.

Teddy Pendergrass parents

Teddy Pendergrass was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on March 26, 1950, in Kingstree, South Carolina. He was the only child of Jesse and Ida Geraldine Pendergrass. Ida suffered six miscarriages before successfully giving birth to Teddy. When Pendergrass was very young, his father left the family. As he grew older, his mother promised him that she would find his father so that they could meet. She fulfilled that promise, and Teddy met his father when he was 11 years old. Not long after, Jesse was stabbed to death on June 13, 1962, during an altercation with another man. He was 47 years of age.

Teddy Pendergrass siblings

Teddy Pendergrass is the only child of his parents and he does not have any siblings.

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