Esta Pennington, 72, of Sabinal died on Feb. 23, 2017, at Hondo Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Jan. 1, 1945, in Sabinal to Sally (Jenkins) and Jasper Massey. She married Eugene Elvin Pennington Sr. on Sept. 16, 1958, in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico. She is survived by one daughter, Lea-Vi Patrice Bridges and husband, Brad; two sons, Eugene Pennington Jr. and wife, Lisa, and John Paul Pennington and wife, Hilda Davis, all of Sabinal; two sisters, Violet Routh Smith and husband, Jerry, of San Antonio, and Peggy Franklin of Marble Falls; one brother, Warren Allen Massey and wife, Elizabeth, of Sabinal; five grandchildren, Johnny Allen Pennington, Eugene ‘’PJ’’ Elvin Pennington III, Jennifer Darlene Pennington and husband, Cody Morgan, Marci Patrice Pennington, and Allen ‘’AJ’’ Bradley Bridges Jr.; and five great-grandchildren, Ambrosia Atrice, Mnason Layne Pennington, Carson Cole Villasana, Anthony Ray Silvas and Cody Louis Morgan. She was preceded in death by her husband, and parents. A funeral service was held on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary in Sabinal, followed by internment at Sabinal Cemetery. Pallbearers were Johnny Pennington, Eugene ‘’PJ’’ Pennington, Allen ‘’AJ’’ Bradley Bridges, Marci Pennington, Jennifer Pennington, and Cody Morgan.
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