James married Marilyn Sue Penney [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Jesse E. Penney
From: The Chattanooga Times
Friday, July 15, 1977

Jess E. Penney, age 73, of 10937 Old Dayton Pike, Soddy, died in aChattanooga hospital Thursday morning. He was a member of the SoddyUnited Methodist Church and the Fellowship Class, the Soddy Masonic LodgeNo 418 F&AM and was a past officer of the Dayton Boulevard MerchantsAssociation. Mr. Penney was a retired appliance dealer in Red Bank.
Survivors are his wife Mrs. Dora Penney of Soddy; two sons, TomPenney of Chattanooga, and Earle Penney of Hixson; one daughter, Mrs.James (Marilyn) Glasser of Atlanta; two brothers, Wilburn Penney of St.Petersburg, Florida, and James Penney of Chesterfield, South Carolina;one sister, Mrs. Horace Abernathy of Soddy; three grandchildren, ThomasEarle Penney, Leigh Ann Penney and Julie Laine Glasser; also severalnieces and nephews.
Funeral services at 11 a.m. Saturday from the Soddy United MethodistChurch, with Reverend Tom Lynch, Reverend George Wampler, Reverend HarryHight officiating. Active pallbearers will be Jimmy Penney, Joe EdElliott, Bill Woosman, E. B. Crites, Earl Lee Frazier and RobertJenkins. Honorary pallbearers will be Men's Fellowship class of thechurch, Soddy Masonic Lodge No. 418 F&AM, Dr. Martin Caldwell, PaulSmith, Ralph Griggs, Harold Grigsby, John Greff, Reverend David Jickia,Reverend Don Lasley, Mrs. Dorothy King, John McGee, Leland Gann and ReeceWalters. Arrangements by Williamson and Sons Funeral Home, Highway 27,Soddy-Daisy.

Jesse married Dora Ross Bond on 6 Aug 1939 in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Dora (daughter of George Irving Bond and Ophelia Hatfield) was born on 1 Aug 1915 in Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 12 Jun 2005 in Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia; was buried on 15 Jun 2005 in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary For Dora Penney
From: Chattanooga Times/Free Press, June 14, 2005
Dora Penney
Dora Bond Penney, 89, of the Atlanta area for the past 28 years, andformerly of Soddy-Daisy, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2005. Her husband,Jess Earle Penney, preceded her in death.
Ms. Penney was a former member of Soddy United Methodist Church andwas currently a member of Marietta First United Methodist Church. Shewas a life member of United Methodist Women's Society. She was agraduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and she taught for25 years at Soddy Elementary School. Her memberships also included lifemembership of the Parent-Teacher Association and the Hamilton CountyRetired Teachers Association.
She is survived by her sons, Tom Penney, Orlando, Florida; EarlPenney, Soddy-Daisy; Marilyn Cheney, Centerville, Georgia; grandchildren,Thomas Earle Penney, Leigh Ann Sellers, Julie Glasser Stebbins, BrennenGlasser, Tyson Glasser, Melissa Lee Penney; and one great-grandchild,Jessa Grace Stebbins.
The funeral service will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2005, in thechapel of Williamson & Sons Funeral Home with the Reverend George Wamplerofficiating. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today. Arrangements are byWilliamson & Sons Funeral Home, 8852 Dayton Pike, Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee37379.

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Obituary for Thomas Mathias Penney
From: The Chattanooga Times(pg 3)
Saturday, March 14, 1925

Thomas Penney, aged 74, died at his home here after an illness of a fewdays. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock inthe Methodist Episcopal Church, conducted by the Reverend Carl Nichols,pastor of Soddy Church, and the Reverend J. L. Chaney of Chattanooga.Interment took place in the family burying ground near Soddy. He issurvived by his widow and eleven children and several brothers andsisters.

Thomas married Sophronia G. Kearns on 29 Jan 1903. Sophronia was born on 25 Sep 1885 in Hamilton County, Tennessee; died on 28 Sep 1972 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried on 30 Sep 1972 in East Soddy Community Church Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Obituary for Sophronia (Kearns, Penney) James

Mrs. Sophronia Penney James 89, Soddy Tennessee, died Thursday at theresidence. She was a member of Soddy First Baptist Church. Survivingare three sons, Jess E. Penney, Soddy; James R. Penney, Chesterfield,South Carolina; Wilburn Penney, St. Petersburg, Florida; one daughter,Mrs. Blanche Abernathy, Soddy, with whom she resided; 10 grandchildren;several great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:30 Saturdayfrom the Soddy First Baptist Church, conducted by the Reverend J. C.Noland and the Reverend J. v. Angel. Interment will follow in the EastSoddy Church of God Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons. Thebody will remain at the funeral home. Arrangements by Williamson andSon, Highway, 27, Soddy-Daisy.

George married Ophelia Hatfield. Ophelia (daughter of Lester H. Hatfield and Mary A.) was born on 17 Apr 1895 in Tennessee; died on 24 Apr 1972 in Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee; was buried in Varner Cemetery, Soddy-Daisy, Hamilton County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]