Memorials may be made to the Knights Templar Eye Foundation at any Baue Funeral Home location. Mr. Pennington was the dear husband of the late Mary Ann Pennington, dear father of James R. Pennington (Leann), Kathy Pennington Smith (Ed), dear brother of Roscoe Pennington Jr., Mary P. Barber (Royce), and the late Gussie E. Emmerson and Barney Lee Pennington, dear grandfather of Lauren and Emily Pennington. Mr. Pennington was a member of Eastern Star Alexander Chapter #242, Alhambra Grotto, Golden Rule #12 Order of Amaranth, Grand Masters Council A, Ascalon Commandery #16, Clayton Masonic Lodge #601, Eastern Star Defiance Chapter #224, Federated Craft #12, Grand College of Rites, Hiram Council #1, Kentucky Colonels, the Knights of Pythias, Ivanko Commandery #8, Inri Commandery #4, Iowa Research Lodge #2, the Lord of Lords Tabernacle LI, the Maryland Research Society, the Masonic Service Association, the Missouri Lodge of Research, the Philalethes Society, Pride of the West #9 White Shrine, the Royal Order of Scotland, the St. Louis Scottish Rite, Southern Illinois York Rite College #33, the Square Club, Orange Lodge #899 Sons of Ulster, St. Louis Lodge #5 International Order Of Odd Fellows, St. Charles Chapter #111 Royal Arch Masons, St. Charles Commandery #73 Knights Templar, Temple Forest #136 Tall Cedars, Tipperary Council #62 KM, Columbia Preceptory VIII Yeomen of York, Southern California Research Lodge F&AM, and York Rite College #188 Heart of Missouri.