Funeral services for Harold "Mr. P" Pennington, 91 of Marshall will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 18, 2017 in the chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Craig Evers officiating. Burial will follow in Colonial Gardens Cemetery. A time of visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Friday, February 17, 2017 at the funeral home. Mr. Pennington passed away February 16, 2017 at his home.

Harold "Mr. P" Pennington was born July 29, 1925 in the Darco Community of Harrison County, Texas to Simion Eugene Pennington and Mamie Willie Rigsby. Harold served his country in the United States Navy where he learned to weld and fell in love with it. After leaving the military he started welding and work, work, work was his hobby. On August 3, 1963, he married Nancy Sharp in Brownsville, Texas. They were married for 53 years. Harold was a member of Pope City Baptist Church. He loved his family and church family very much.

Surviving Harold are his wife, Nancy Sharp Pennington of Marshall; one daughter, Rhenea Hodnett and husband, Eddie of Houston, TX; three sons, James Pennington and M.D. Pennington, both of Marshall and Myron Pennington of Pasadena, TX. Also surviving Harold are two sisters, Mary Ross of Missouri and Gracie Rhyne of Marshall. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, and three brothers. Serving as pallbearers will be Max Berry, Marvin Cawood, Tommy Dunnin, Johnnie Fancher, Ronny Garrison and Dean Richardson. Honorary pallbearers will be members of his Sunday school class, Henry Pierce, Albert Purnell, Johnny Purnell, and Ronnie Wilson.