Palestine High School Alumni Association

06 / 19 / 1904  –  03 / 06 / 1968

Paul J. Pennybacker, 63, died this morning at 9 a.m. in the Torbett Hospital in Marlin. Funeral services will be held Friday in Bailey Memorial Chapel with the Rev. R. C. Terry officiating. Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery. Time of services to be announced later.

A native of Palestine, Mr. Pennybacker was a graduate of Palestine High School in 1922. He attended the University of Texas and was a veteran of World War ii. He had been in the oil business for a number of years and was a member of First Methodist Church. He had been a resident of Hearne for the past few years.

Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Miss Paula Pennybacker, a student at Texas Tech in Lubbock; one stepdaughter, Mrs. L. G. Gray of Mission; two brothers, C. D. Pennybacker of Palestine and G. O. Pennybacker of Dallas; on sister, Mrs. John H. Wynne of Houston.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 03-06-1968