Eddy Co. NM - OBIT:  L. V. Pennington

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From: patti pennington <patti_p_99@yahoo.com>
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The following excerpts were taken from page 10 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - November 5, 1999

PENNINGTON
Services are scheduled for November 6, at West Main Baptist
Church in Artesia for L.V. Pennington of Carlsbad, NM.  
Pennington, 73, died on November 3 at Brownfield Medical Center
in Brownfield, Texas.  Interment will follow at Twin Oaks
Memorial Park in Artesia.  He was born on January 16, 1926, in
Blackwell, Texas, to William Jefferson Pennington and Fannie
Jane Hedgpeth Pennington.  He served in the US Army during WWII
in the Philippines and Germany.  He married Mildred Fay Standard
on February 8, 1947.  They lived in Artesia for two years, then
moved to Loco Hills, NM, where they lived for 25 years, before
moving to Carlsbad in 1974.  He was a member of Loco Hills
Baptist Church.  Survivors include his wife, Mildred Pennington
of Carlsbad; sons Milton Pennington, Leo Pennington and Tony
Pennington, all of Artesia; daughters Brenda Frederick, Caroly
Menzdorf and Becky Pennington, all of Carlsbad; 14 grandchildren;
and five great-grandchildren.