2156Robert Pennington, 75, Lynchburg, VA, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001, at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Mr. Pennington was born Aug. 28, 1925, in Pendleton county and was a son of the late Edward Pennington and Cecila Smith Pennington.
He was a retired farmer.
Surviving are a daughter, Joyce Sutherly and her husband, Donald of Port Republic, VA; a son Bobby Pennington, Grottoes, VA; a brother, Ben Pennington, Jacksonville, FL; three sisters, Marvel Morlen, Wiley Ford, Vernie White, Baltimore, MD, and Ann Stearns, Maryland; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Judy Thompson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rockingham Committee on Aging, Harrisonburg, VA 22801.
Tharp Funeral Home and Cremation Center assisted the family.
2157Pendleton Times Obit:
Doris Catherine Minnick, 59, of Dayton died Sept. 28, 1991, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg.
Mrs. Minnick was born March 26, 1932, in Franklin, W.Va., and was a daughter of the late lee and Julia Vandevander.
She had worked for Shem Mar Foods in Bridgewater and was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
She is survived by her husband, Hiram Leo Minnick of Dayton; two daughters, Joyce Sutherly of Harrisonburg and Judy Thompson of Franklin, W. Va.; two sons, Bobby G. Pennington of Harrisonburg and Erick L. "Josh" Whetzel of Dayton; four sisters, Beulah Will of Mount Crawford, Glenna Vandevander and Phyllis Hinkle, both of Harrisonburg, and Hazel M. Ayers of Mathias, W.Va.; two brothers, Denver and Bruce Vandevander, both of Harrisonburg; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The Rev. Shyrl Smith will conduct the funeral at 2 p.m. today at Basagic Funeral Home in Franklin. Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Franklin.