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Sidney Pennington Obituary
1942 - 2018
Sidney Franklin Pennington, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, at his home with his loving wife and youngest daughter.
He was born April 7, 1942, in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents Blanche Kate Ross Pennington and Lewis James Pennington. Sid is the beloved husband of Marina Louise Pennington for 20 years of marriage.
Sid, as he called himself, was a highly decorated Sergeant Major in the United States Army serving 30 years with multiple commendations: Legion of Merit, Vietnam Gallantry Cross w/Palm and the Bronze Star. From 1972 until 1974, Sid served as the First Noncommissioned Officer and African American to serve with the British Army Royal Corps, the Queens Army not the Gurkhas.
He is also survived by his remaining sisters, Lois Haliburton and Thelma Whittington; daughters, Cassandra, Chinue, Jamila and Asha; grandchildren, Damion, Gillyan and Shavontae Baccus, and Jacquelyn and Jackson Williams; and great-grandchildren, Damion Jr., Kanon, Kye, and Khloe Baccus.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his siblings, Alice, Bernice, Eleanor, Theresa, Carl, Joseph, Lawrence, Louis James Jr, and Rufus.
To My Love: Until the ocean covers every mountain high, the rainbow burns out the stars in the sky, until I draw my last breath I will love you baby.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 3rd, at Proko Funeral Home from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 12:00 noon. Interment will follow at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove, WI, at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials to National Association for Black Veterans would be appreciated by the family.
Proko Funeral Home & Crematory
5111-60th Street Phone: (262) 654-3533
Visit & Sign Sid's Online Memorial Book at:
www.prokofuneralhome.com
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October 1, 2018
Marina and Family,
Our deepest sympathies. We will miss seeing Sid in the cul-du-sac.
Bruce and Mary Knoll
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September 30, 2018
Sorry for your loss of Sidney. May God give you the strength you need at this most difficult time. Deepest sympathy.
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