Opal Faye Conner Pennington, age 80, died Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at her residence in Williamsport.

Funeral service was conducted Friday, January 8 at 12 noon at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home in Columbia with Bobby Anderson officiating. Burial followed in Greenfield Bend Cemetery.

A homemaker, Mrs. Pennington was born May 18, 1940 in Lewis County. She was the daughter of the late Arnold Conner and the late Fannie Smith Conner. Mrs. Pennington was a member of Greenfield Bend Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband, whom she married December 18, 1963, James Pennington, Sr. of Williamsport; son, James “Jim” (Susan) Pennington, Jr. of Hampshire; daughter, Karen Patterson of Spring Hill; grandchildren, Danny Patterson, Nate Patterson, and Shep Patterson all of Spring Hill; sisters, Lydia Floyd of Hohenwald; Ruby C. Williams of Mt. Pleasant; Jean Tabb of Hendersonville; Wilma (Joe) Graham of Kingsport; brother, William (Ann) Conner of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Nina Clay and Leo Ellen Fielder.