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From: "peggy" <>
Subject: [PENNINGTON-L] Re: Sevier County...
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:27:42 -0000


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> From: peggy <>
> To: Hudson
> Subject: Do you know us?can you help.
> Date: Jueves 11 de Junio de 1998 7:08 AM
>
> Hi Penningtons,
> Does any of this sounds familier??
> Taken from a old Texarkana USA ?newspaper unknown when...
>
> After 40 years of wondering and worrying Mrs.Ida Abbott of 1555 state
> street Texarkana? has located Her mising Brother again.George Edward
> Pennington was a child of two years old when Mrs. Abbott last seen Him in
> DeQueen,Ar now Hes 44 years old and the Father of 5 children.
> The two meet again at the home of a sister Mrs.Rosie Leein
Lockesburg,Ar
> last weekend.They were joined by 2 other Brothers Herbert of Hope,Ar and
> Roy of Texarkana,It was the first meeting with George for all 4 in more
> than four decades.
> Mrs. Abbott said she was about 8 years old when the family broke up
,the
> 5 childrn being doled out among varios families in the DeQueen area.Her
> Father William P. Pennington ,had died shortly before George was born,She
> recalled,and Her Mother no longer able to care for the quintet.
> George went to a family named Starkey and they moved from the DeQueen
> area after a time and lost track of the rest of us.Of course We had no
way
> of knowing where they had moved either.
> At the age of 16 while living in Texarkana Ida married Mr. Arthur
Abbott
> who died last april.For the past 7 years She has made Her home in
> Shrevesport,La.
> In 1949 George's foster Mother Mrs.Starkley died.However for a number
of
> years prior to Her death She had been using the name Monroe after the
death
> of her first mate.George also started using the name Monroe.
> It wasn't until 2 months ago that His adopted sister Tracy Starkley told
> Him that He had been adopted and informed Him that His name was
> Pennington.Then she wrote to Mrs.Rosie Lee an Lockesburg and Rosie
> immediately got in touch with George.
> Altho a Family reunion had been planned in July the fact that Rosie is
> in the last stages of cancer caused George to fly in to be by her bedside
> at Lockesburg last weekend.The others hearing He would be there traveled
> there to join Him.
> George operates a logging camp at Brockway,Ore now and He flew all the
> way from there to here to spend the weekend with Rosie and the rest of
> us.It was wonderful to see Him again after all these years.
> Meanwhile the family has completed plans for another reunion in July.
>
> Rosie Opal Pennington b 12 01 1902 OK. d.12 22 1957 Provo,Ar
> Herbert Elmer Pennington 05 15 1907 OK. d.02 15 1980
> Ida Mae Pennington unknown
> Roy E. Pennington b.03 22 1913 DeQueen d.02 22 1953 OR.
> George Edward Pennington unknown
> Father:
> William P. Pennington Unknown Buried at Horatio Cemetary 914?
> Mother:
> Laura Mae Stinson Unknown Died Kansa City
> Had married a Frizzell
> 1 Child Mary Evelyn
>
> If any one could help Please call me
> P.Pennington
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