Lorene Pennington Family Scholarship Fund

Lorene Pennington Family Scholarship Fund

TYPE OF FUND:  Scholarship

DATE ESTABLISHED:  December 2020 

PURPOSE: To provide a scholarship for students in Tucker County.

DISTRIBUTION: This fund shall be used and distributed at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for the purpose of awarding a scholarship to a college-bound student(s) from Tucker County. If there are no qualified applicants from Tucker County, the Board of Directors has the authority to choose students from other nearby counties.

VARIANCE POWER:  If, in the judgment of the TCF Board of Directors, the restrictions and conditions of the fund become unnecessary, incapable of fulfillment or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community, the TCF Board of Directors maintains the right to modify the terms of this fund.

FUNDING:  Initiated by the daughter, Lana Landry.

BACKGROUND: Lorene Elizabeth Hedrick Pennington was born in Sugarland WV on April 24, 1922. She was the eldest of seven children of William and Viola Hedrick. When she was a freshman in high school, she was forced to quit school when she was needed to stay at home to care for her younger siblings while her parents both worked to support the family. Later in life she did, however, attend classes and received her GED in October 1974.

Lorene was a woman of faith and lived a Christian life. She raised three children alone since our parents separated when we were young. Hugh (Karol) lives in Kernersville, NC; Lana lives in Williamsburg, VA; and Steve lives in the family home in Hambleton.

Lorene Pennington passed away on 28 May 2008.