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In Loving Memory of
Louise Wilburn Pennington
PENNINGTON, LOUISE WILBURN, 81, of Pearisburg, VA. passed away Saturday
night, July 5, 2008 at Carilion Giles Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg, VA.
Mrs. Pennington was born in Pearisburg on September 18, 1926 and
was a daughter of the late Emmett Woodson Wilburn and Edna Journell
Wilburn. Besides her parents,
she was preceded in death by her husband, Kent Ray Pennington; one son,
Kent Wilburn Pennington; two sisters, Mary Evelyn Gilbert, Gladys Ruth
Pritchard, two brothers, Clarence Wilburn, Graham Lewis Wilburn and many
nieces and nephews. Louise was
a member of the First United Methodist Church in Pearisburg for over 50
years and was a retired employee of the Kroger Co.
Mrs. Pennington’s ancestors include John Chapman, who received
the first land grant in the area and William Wilburn who was one of the
first settlers of Giles County. She
is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra P. and Gary W.
Johnson of Asheville, NC; Linda P. and Raymond G. Luttner of Brunswick,
OH; two grandchildren, P. Andrew Johnson of Annapolis, MD and B. Parker
Johnson of Brooklyn, NY; one brother-in-law Merel B. Pennington and wife
Frances of Lakeland, FL; one nephew C. Woodson Wilburn and wife Dot of
Salem, and niece, Mary Jane Russell of Danville.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, July 10, 2008 at
11:00am at the Givens Funeral Chapel with the Dr. Fred L. Austin
officiating with burial following in the Birchlawn Burial Park in
Pearisburg. The family will
receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home Wednesday from 6 – 8. Please
use the Church St. entrance. Online
condolences can be sent to the family at givensfuneralhome.com.
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