File contributed by Gina Sherrard



************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
************************************************
 

  

This obituary appeared in the Bernice Banner March 9, 2001

Lizzie B. PENNINGTON

Lizzie Belle Pennington. 83, of Spearsville, LA. died Sunday, Feb 25, 200 1, at 
Junction City Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness.
Born April 13, 1917, in Spearsville, she was the daughter of James Jordan and 
Margaret Mae Tucker Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of Pilgrims Rest 
Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Otis Pennington; two 
sons, John Oliver Pennington and Oscar Carroll Pennington; a daughter, Delta Veola 
Dison; two sisters, Nezzie and Bessie Smith; and two brothers, John Lester Smith and 
Troy Lee Smith.
Survivors Include six sons, Doyle, James and Lynn Pennington, all of Spearsville, 
Dale Pennington of Ruston, LA. Jerry Pennington of Philadelphia, Miss., and Joe 
Pennington of Calhoun, LA; two daughters, Dorothy Wright of Spearsville and Mary 
Dison of Homer, LA; two brothers, James and Tommy Smith, both of Spearsville; 27 
grandchildren, 46 great-grandchildren and 8 greatgreat-grandchildren. 

#   #   #