William Penney first marriage was to Betsy Ann. Together they had 1 child John A. Penney. This photo is of John and his wife Nola.Until a few month ago we had no idea that William had been married twice. On the rare occasion, I am at the library, with a little free time I gather Penney obits. For some reason, Cousin Michael and I were on the phone and I happen to be reading the miscellaneous obits that I had in my collection. I read the obit of John listing his "brother" as Fred Penney and "sisters" as Sarah and Lucille, which did not seem correct. After some investigation of the census records we discovered William had been married twice, and this would open up a whole new line of Penneys, which were no longer in the category of "other Penneys."
When the article about the reunion appeared in the Soddy-Daisy Community News, James Coleman emailed me and after some correspondence he was kind enough to have his wife give me this picture.
I asked my family, which are descendants of Williams son Fred, if they had any idea about John or his son Roy and they did not realize the relationship. On a visit to Bill Penney, Fred's son I questioned him about John. He had fond memories of visiting "Aunt Nolee" but John had died many years ago and he had not recollection of John. I Bill if he ever asked "why" they called her Aunt Nolee and he said, "she was just Aunt Nolee with no questions asked."
