Tribute to Willie Pennington

^VP' f PENNINGTON DEDICATION AT THE DEDICATION of the Stratford Branch Library's Chil¬ dren's Wing, In memory of Children's Librarian Willie Pen¬ nington, are L to R: Joan Halil day. Librarian; Jeannette Jett, Assistant Librarian; Rhoda Goldberg, Head of Branch Libraries for Harris County; and Virginia Greene, Harris County Commissioner Fontenot's office. Tribute to Willie Pennington By JEANNETTE JETT, Special to the Star-Courier О'ууу not sure/ if CT was ker best friend, but ske was mine. Willie's friends numbered in tke hundreds. C7 met her in 'l 985 wken ske kad first become tke ^Assistant/ tSkil- dren's Librarian at Stratford Library in Highlands/ C7 was working at tke Lrosby library as a helper. Later О worked for her at Stratford/ as tke Desk ^Assistant. ~Eken later on we skated tke same positions at different libraries. Wken ske became ill/ Z) was her substitute and later Worked side by side witk her during her bout witk can¬ cel. TTke figkt lasted from ^January 1 994 until /\)ovem- ber ~7 , 1994. Witk all due respect; Willie reminded me of Stewart's best friend in tke motion picture Н;АТч\Аг^/. Harvey was a S'3" wkite babbit; a mythical/ magical being wko c.oia\cI stop time,/ give comfort/ love and solve any probl em. Willie/ too/ was too good to be true. Ske always lis¬ tened/ was never judge.me.^\ta\ . Ske was at ко me witk paupers or kings/ ske was wise and kad a quick wit and a laugk tkat came all tke way from ker toes. (5n tke 10 years C7 knew ker «17 never keard ker say a mean or cruel tki ng to or abou;t anyone. Ske enricked every life ske toucked. Ske was a wife/ motker/ Sun¬ day school teacker/ scout leader/ youtk group leader and adviser and belonged to several clubs in tke Higk- lands area. Will ie was tke cornerstone of tke Sast side of tke •Harris dounty .Library system/ always taking new li¬ brarians under ker wing to kelp tkem and advise tkem. Ske was voted (Sm ploy ее of tke Quarter Oct-Dec 1992. ;As of today ske kas been gone from our midst 1 year and 2 days. Ske is still missed.