Jay Pennington
Posted: October 10, 2024
VERNON, Ala. — Jay Lee Pennington, 82, died Oct. 8, 2024, at Generations of Vernon Nursing Home in Vernon, Alabama.
Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Friday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Doug Wharton officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Cemetery in Sulligent. Visitation is one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Pennington was born Oct. 28, 1941, in Monroe County, to the late Earmine Pennington and Cora Lee Pennington. He attended Lamar County High School and was formerly employed with Georgia Pacific. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Manda Egger Pennington; and sister, Evelyn Johnson.
He is survived by his children, Robert Pennington of Fayette and Tammie Pennington of Vernon; siblings, Gail Weeks of Ozark and Mary Ellen Rogers of Vernon; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.