Obituary for David Pellon Jennings
David Pellon Jennings was born September 21, 1946, in Kosciusko, MS to Marcus Pellon and Nora Lee Weeks Jennings. He passed away December 23, 2021, in Orange, Texas at the age of 75 from a lengthy illness.
Services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, January 6, 2022, graveside at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, MS.
David was a 1964 graduate of Kosciusko High School where he was a member of the KHS band. He graduated from Holmes Junior College and Mississippi State University with BS, MS, and Specialist degrees in Special Education.
David’s love for children led him to a career teaching children with special needs at different schools throughout Mississippi. He also spent several years teaching at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
While David became “Paw” the moment his first grandchild was born, he had the opportunity to fully embrace the role in his later years. He spent the latter part of this life living with his daughter and her family and playing an everyday role in their lives. We know how much those years meant to him and to everyone who was honored to play a part in this loving family.
Besides his parents, David was preceded in death by his precious wife, Seala Seals Jennings and his beloved son, Steven David Jennings and his children’s mom Belinda Garrard Buchanan.
David is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Elaina Jennings Kilgore (Bryan) of Orange, Texas. His grandchildren, Britney Marie, Alexus Grace, Connor Laine and Cody Lawson. He is also survived by his sister, Laurie Elaine Jennings Browning of Brandon, MS, his brother Danny Weeks Jennings of New York City, NY and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials can be sent to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital or French Camp Academy, One Fine Place, French Camp MS.
Services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday, January 6, 2022, graveside at Parkway Cemetery in Kosciusko, MS.
David was a 1964 graduate of Kosciusko High School where he was a member of the KHS band. He graduated from Holmes Junior College and Mississippi State University with BS, MS, and Specialist degrees in Special Education.
David’s love for children led him to a career teaching children with special needs at different schools throughout Mississippi. He also spent several years teaching at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana.
While David became “Paw” the moment his first grandchild was born, he had the opportunity to fully embrace the role in his later years. He spent the latter part of this life living with his daughter and her family and playing an everyday role in their lives. We know how much those years meant to him and to everyone who was honored to play a part in this loving family.
Besides his parents, David was preceded in death by his precious wife, Seala Seals Jennings and his beloved son, Steven David Jennings and his children’s mom Belinda Garrard Buchanan.
David is survived by his daughter, Jennifer Elaina Jennings Kilgore (Bryan) of Orange, Texas. His grandchildren, Britney Marie, Alexus Grace, Connor Laine and Cody Lawson. He is also survived by his sister, Laurie Elaine Jennings Browning of Brandon, MS, his brother Danny Weeks Jennings of New York City, NY and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials can be sent to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital or French Camp Academy, One Fine Place, French Camp MS.