Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Spinks Peden, 97, of Ruston, LA will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 13, 2007, Graveside at Greenwood Cemetery in Ruston, LA with Dr. Fred Wideman officiating. Services will be under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, LA. Mrs. Peden was born October 1, 1909 in Vienna, LA to Dr. Lee and Arvie Wright Spinks and passed away January 9, 2007 in Ruston, LA. Mrs. Peden is a graduate of Ruston High School and also a 1930 graduate of Louisiana Polytechnic Institute later renamed Louisiana Tech University. She taught English and coached the girls≠ basketball team in Summerfield, Louisiana, for four years before resigning to be a devoted wife to Robert Alexander Alex Peden. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Ruston, LA and a charter member of the Quota Club of Ruston, LA. She was best known for establishing an antique business with her husband, ¨Deep South Antiques in 1964 which she operated until retirement in 2002. Mrs. Peden was preceded in death by her husband: Robert Alexander ¨Alex Peden; grandson: Michael Alexander Stevens; granddaughter: Elizabeth ¨Lisa Stevens; brothers: Lee N. Spinks and Wyman A. Spinks. Mrs. Peden is survived by her son: Edwin Peden and wife, Julie; daughter Martha and her husband, F. M. ¨Steve Stevens; grandchildren: Terri Lynn and her husband, James Hooper Desselle, LTC Robert A. Peden, CPO William A. Peden and his wife, Nanette, Suzanne Stevens, Sara Stevens O≠Hara, Laura Stevens, and Stephanie Kendall; great grandchildren: Ryan Moran, Amanda Moran, Jaya Stevens/Kendall, Phillip Peden, Jalen Thrower, Sterling Peden, and Miciah Peden; caregivers: Della Mason and Pam Kennedy. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donor≠s choice. Visitation will be 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Friday, January 12, 2007 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home in Ruston, LA.