Married:
(1) Nannie "Nellie" Eleanor Cole 28 Sep 1907
[b 22 Nov 1885 in Smyth, VA, d 27 June 1936 in Casey,KY d/o [Josiah Cole s/o Andrew Cole and Mary "Polly" James] and [Clarissa Elizabeth Gross d/o Eleazer Cole Gross and Eleanor James]
(2) Lula S Hambly Newsome 1939
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NC BIRTH INDEX:
Name:William Chester Pennington
Event Type:Birth
Birth Date:1886
Birth County:Ashe
Parent1 Name:William David Pennington
Roll number:NCVR_B_C006_68001
Volume:D-5
Page:459
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WV DEATH INDEX:
Name:William Chester Pennington
Death Date:23 Oct 1973
Death Place:McDowell, West Virginia
Marital Status:Married
Father Name:David Pennington
Mother Name:Phoebe Pennington
Spouse Name:Lula Hamby
FHL Film Number:2114642
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William Chester Pennington, 86, of Leckie, died Tuesday at his home following a short illness.

Born in NC , he was a son of the late David and Phoebe Pennington. He was a retired sawmill employe and had been a resident of Leckie for the past 32 years. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors are his widow, Lula Hambly Pennington of Leckie, two daughters, Miss Phoebe Pennington of Jamestown, Ind., and Mrs Virginia Cochran of Jamestown, eight sons, Claxton , William Pennington , all of Liberty, Ky; Jessee Pennington of Coal City, Ind; Vance Pennington of Mansville, Ky; Kirby Pennington, Junction City, KY ; J R Pennington of Chester, VA and Johnny Pennington of Shelbyville, Ind;one step daughter , Mrs Dorothy Gornes of CA; one step-son James C Newsom of Columbus, Ohio, three sisters: Mrs Rose Peterson of CA, Mrs Bessie Taylor of Roanoke, Mrs Bertha Thompson of Bristol, VA; 47 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren, 72 great great grandchildren, three step grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 10am , at the Cravens-Shires Funeral Home in Bluewell with Rev Wiley David officiating. Burial will follow in the Grosse's Creek Cemetery at Chilhowie , VA.

Pallbearers will be grandsons. Flowerbearers will be granddaughters.

Friends will call at the funeral home today at from 5 to 9pm.

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Children: [13]
Children with Nannie Eleanor COLE:
1. Jesse Cole 2. Andrew Claxton 3. Charlie Vance 4. Emmett Clair 5. Phoebe Clarrissa 6. William Clifford 7. Little Wilson 8. Kirby 9. Joe Robert 10. Female 11. Female 12. Johnny Levi 13. Virginia Bethiah