Fayette County, West Virginia          Biography of William Asby PENNINGTON

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William Asby and Florence Jane Pennington celebrated their 69th wedding
anniversary June 26. They were married in Hambleton in 1901.
On their 65th wedding anniversary their picture was put in the West Virginia
Hillbilly by their niece, Maxine Goff Morgan of Arlington, Virginia.
She said, "Uncle Will's most recent occupation was farming: but in his
earlier years he worked in the tanning and lumber businesses."
Mrs. Pennington was born April 30, 1884 in Clover. Her Marents wer John and
Cecelia Ellen Walton Phillips. Her nine brothers and sisters were: Alby
Phillips, Rawlings, Maryland; Mrs. Beatrice Goff, Arlington, Virginia; Mrs.
Audra Barr, Defiance, Ohio; and the six deceased include, Howard Clyde who
died as a child; Whitman Phillips, Mrs. Dora Johnson, Mrs. Ethel Horton, Mrs.
Laura Mortimer, and Mrs. Rita Garnett.
William A. Pennington, 91 years old, was born August 31, 1879, in Parsons.
His parents were Vincent E. and Emeranda R. Johnson Pennington.
He had eight brothers and sisters, all of whom are deceased: John Pennington,
Robert Pennington, Mrs. Margaret Elbon, Mrs. Mary Summerfield, Clara
Pennington, Mrs. Martha Fridley, Mrs. Eliza Goodwin, and Ellen Pennington.
They had two children, Cecil Leon Pennington, who died in 1956, and Mrs.
Claude Earl (Irma Marie) Brant, who lives in Ridegeley.
They have nine grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Pennington used to keep busy crocheting and making quilts, but now she
can only do a little gardening.
She is completely deaf, and her husband is blind. When her hearing aid is not
working properly, they lead a life on uncommunicable refrain----August 13,
1970, by Valerie Cuonzo

From the book: ...and live forever A compilation of Senior Citizens Articles
from the Parsons Advocate
by Mariwyn McClain Smith
pages 33-34