Wilburn Russell Penney

1916 - 2000  (84 years)

• Name	Wilburn Russell Penney
  Born	21 Jan 1916	Union Hill, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Sep 2000	Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  Buried	26 Sep 2000	Sunset Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
  Person ID	I1425	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas Mathias Penney,   b. 4 Jul 1851, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 12 Mar 1925, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Sophronia G. Kearns,   b. 25 Sep 1885, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Sep 1972, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 87 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1903
  Family ID	F838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Elizabeth Jenkins,   b. 25 Jun 1919, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Nov 2011, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama  (Age 92 years)
  Married	1 Jul 1938	Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia
  Children	1. Frances Arlene Penney
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Note from the Chattanooga, Tennessee paper - Returns to Hospital Pvt. Wilburn R. Penney has returned to Kennedy General Hospital atMemphis after spending a 30-day furlough with his wife and daughter atSoddy. He recently returned from the European theater where he servedwith an armored division in France, Belgium and Germany. Obituary for Wilburn Russell Penney From: The Tuscaloosa News, September 25, 2000 Wilburn Russell Penney TUSCALOOSA -- Wilburn Russell Penney, 84, 1745 Jack Warner Parkway,died September 24, 2000 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will beat Sunset Chapel on Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Vial Fountenot officiating.Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hourprior to services. Sunset Funeral Home is directing Survivors include his wife, Rachel Penney; daughter Arlene Chissom(Brad); two grandchildren, Russ Chissom (Kristy) and Penney Chissom(Chris) Davis. Mr. Penney was born in Tennessee. He served in the Battle of theBulge in WWII in U. S. Army. He moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in 1952and came to Tuscaloosa in 1996. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to theInternational Department, First Baptist Church, or charity of your choice. Obituary for Wilburn Russell Penney From: Chattanooga Times and Free Press, September 26, 2000 TUSCALOOSA -- Wilburn Russell Penney died Sunday, September 24, 2000,in an area hospital. He was 84. Mr. Penney served in the U. S. Army,World War II in the Battle of the Bulge. Survivors include his wife,Rachel Penney; and a daughter, Arlene Chissom; and two grandchildren.The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home, in Northport,Alabama, with Vial Fontenot officiating. Burial will be one hour priorto the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sunset MemorialPark.