Wayne County NcArchives Obituaries.....Arrington, Lois (Penny) Pearsall 1999
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The State
Lois (Penny) Pearsall Arrington 

Penny Arrington
Columbia - Services for Penny Lois Pearsall Arrington, 82, will 
be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street 
Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park.  The family will 
receive friends 1-2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.  Memorials 
may be made to The Society of Military Widows, Chapter SMW1, 5535 
Hempstead Way, Springfield, VA 22151-4094.
     Mrs. Arrington died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1999.  Born Nov. 12, 1916, 
she was a daughter of the late Jenny Lewis and George Franklin 
Pearsall.  She was the widow of the late James Stuart Arrington, 
who died in 1956.  She and her husband lived in Washington, D. C., 
Omaha, Neb., Puerto Rico and Roswell, N. M.  She moved to Columbia 
in 1956, where she was a sales representative for Avon for 40 years.  
Mrs. Arrington was the founding member of the Columbia Chapter 
(Chapter #1) of the Society of Military Widows, the second-oldest 
chapter in the United States and the first "numbered" chapter in the 
country.  In 1994, she was honored at the 25th Anniversary Celebration 
of the Columbia Chapter, where she was awarded a "Purple Heart".  
Mrs. Arrington was also a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church.
     Surviving are her sons and a daughter-in-law, Robert Arrington 
of Columbia and Ralph and Susan Arrington of Mount Pleasant; grandchildren, 
Stuart, Katherine (Katie) and Scott Arrington of Mount Pleasant; sister, 
Annie Pearsall James of Mount Olive, N.C.; brother, Charlie L. Pearsall 
of Mount Olive, N.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Source:  The State, Columbia, SC, Thursday, February 4, 1999.


Note:  Lois (Penny) Pearsall was born in Indian Springs Twp, Wayne 
County, NC, the daughter of George Franklin Pearsall and Virginia 
(Jennie) Lewis. 

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