Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameGettie Laura Pennington 
Birth15 May 1922, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Death24 Aug 1992, Pendleton Co., West Virginia
BurialMt. Zion Cemetery, Tucker Co., West Virginia
FatherAmos Lee Pennington (1875-)
MotherLaura Hedrick (1875-1848)
Spouses
Birth17 Sep 1888
Death19 Jul 1969
BurialSmith Cemetery, Jenningston, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Marriage20 Aug 1937
Deathaft 1992
Marriage23 Jul 1971
Notes for Gettie Laura Pennington
179Gettie Pratt Lipscomb, 70, of Franklin and formerly of the Mount Zion community, died of an apparent heart attack shortly after being admitted to Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, August 24, 1992.
Mrs. Lipscomp was born May 15, 1922, at Harman, and was a daughter of the late Amos Lee and Lura Hedrick Pennington.
She attended the schools of Randolph Co. and had worked for the Parsons Nursery and the New Frontier Restaurant at Franklin for several years. She was a member of the Brandywine United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Lipscomb had been married twice. On Aug. 20, 1937, she married Walter S. Pratt, who died June 17, 1969. On July 23, 1971, she married William Lipscomb, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons, William Pratt of Franklin, Roger Pratt of Broadway, Alvin Pratt of Lost City, and Lowell Pratt, stationed in Norfolk with the Navy; two stepsons Harry and Delmar Pratt, both of Moorefield; six daughters, Patricia White of Hendricks, Marian Anderson of Sugar Grove, Carolyn June Frers of Albertson, NC., Beatrice Johnson and Dorothy Lipscomb, both of St. George, and Judy Moats of Franklin; four stepdaughters, Ollie Smith of Romney, and Edith Warner, Elsie Bosley and Lila Mae Hines, all of Moorefield; one brother, Charles Pennington of Moundsville; three half brothers, Rodney, Randy and Jimmy Pennington; one sister, Eva Riggleman White of Romney; four half sisters, Mary, Maxine, Janice and Marie; 35 grandchildren; and several great grandchildren, great great grandchildren and step grandchildren.
The Rev. Eli Hostetler conducted the funeral at 1 p.m. Thur. at the Jeffrey A. Barb Funeral Home, Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetary.
Father: Amos Lee Pennington b: 13 Feb 1875 in Randolph County, WV
Mother: Laura Hedrick b: 14 Feb 1885
Marriage 1 Walter Solomon Pratt b: 17 Sep 1888
• Married: 20 Aug 1937
Children
1. Beatrice Pratt
2. Carolyn June Pratt
3. William Pratt
4. Living Pratt
5. Living Pratt
6. Living Pratt
7. Living Pratt
8. Living Pratt
9. Living Pratt
10. Living Pratt
11. Living Pratt
12. Walter Lee Pratt b: 1938
13. Living Pratt
Marriage 2 Living Lipscomb
Sources:
1. Title: They Rest Quietly Cemetery Records of Tucker County W. Va. by Odie Velta Nestor Chapman
Page: 154
Text: Gettie Lipscomb; wife of 1. Walter Pratt 2. William Lipscomb; daughter of Amos and Lura Hedrick Pennington; born May 15, 1922 died Aug. 24, 1992
Mrs. Lipscomp was born May 15, 1922, at Harman, and was a daughter of the late Amos Lee and Lura Hedrick Pennington.
She attended the schools of Randolph Co. and had worked for the Parsons Nursery and the New Frontier Restaurant at Franklin for several years. She was a member of the Brandywine United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Lipscomb had been married twice. On Aug. 20, 1937, she married Walter S. Pratt, who died June 17, 1969. On July 23, 1971, she married William Lipscomb, who survives.
Also surviving are four sons, William Pratt of Franklin, Roger Pratt of Broadway, Alvin Pratt of Lost City, and Lowell Pratt, stationed in Norfolk with the Navy; two stepsons Harry and Delmar Pratt, both of Moorefield; six daughters, Patricia White of Hendricks, Marian Anderson of Sugar Grove, Carolyn June Frers of Albertson, NC., Beatrice Johnson and Dorothy Lipscomb, both of St. George, and Judy Moats of Franklin; four stepdaughters, Ollie Smith of Romney, and Edith Warner, Elsie Bosley and Lila Mae Hines, all of Moorefield; one brother, Charles Pennington of Moundsville; three half brothers, Rodney, Randy and Jimmy Pennington; one sister, Eva Riggleman White of Romney; four half sisters, Mary, Maxine, Janice and Marie; 35 grandchildren; and several great grandchildren, great great grandchildren and step grandchildren.
The Rev. Eli Hostetler conducted the funeral at 1 p.m. Thur. at the Jeffrey A. Barb Funeral Home, Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetary.
Father: Amos Lee Pennington b: 13 Feb 1875 in Randolph County, WV
Mother: Laura Hedrick b: 14 Feb 1885
Marriage 1 Walter Solomon Pratt b: 17 Sep 1888
• Married: 20 Aug 1937
Children
1. Beatrice Pratt
2. Carolyn June Pratt
3. William Pratt
4. Living Pratt
5. Living Pratt
6. Living Pratt
7. Living Pratt
8. Living Pratt
9. Living Pratt
10. Living Pratt
11. Living Pratt
12. Walter Lee Pratt b: 1938
13. Living Pratt
Marriage 2 Living Lipscomb
Sources:
1. Title: They Rest Quietly Cemetery Records of Tucker County W. Va. by Odie Velta Nestor Chapman
Page: 154
Text: Gettie Lipscomb; wife of 1. Walter Pratt 2. William Lipscomb; daughter of Amos and Lura Hedrick Pennington; born May 15, 1922 died Aug. 24, 1992
Notes for Walter Solomon (Spouse 1)
179son of Jesse M. and Elizabeth (Dayton) Pratt