Flora Annie Penn
1923 - 2005 (82 years)-
Name Flora Annie Penn Birth 23 May 1923 Westfield, Surry, NC 
Gender Female Death 4 Jun 2005 Winston Salem, Forsyth, NC - Flora Penn Trollinger was born to the late Fannie Dodd Penn and Villard Ranzy Penn in Westfield on May 23, 1923. She entered in-to rest Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 5:55 a.m. at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Win-ston-Salem. She received her formal education in North Carolina. She was employed and retired from Winston-Salem State University as a domestic engineer. She was a member of St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a faithful member of the Deborah Missionary Group as long as her health permitted. Flora was married to James C. Trollinger for 60 beautiful years until death parted them. From this union, they were blessed with four children, James Jr., Shirley, Larry and Detricha. She was preceded in death by her parents, Villard and Fannie; brothers, Joseph, Roy, Ranzy and John Penn; and sisters, Nellie Hatcher, Dolly Penn and Louvenia Clark. She leaves to cherish her precious memories three sisters, Ellen (Ben) Patterson of Winston-Salem, Lillie Hatcher of Harrisburg, Pa. and Peggy Armstrong (Sherman) of Winston-Salem; her brother, Jerry Penn, of Winston-Salem; two daughters, Shirley (Bishop James) Wright and Detricha (Ronald) Smith of Winston-Salem; two sons, James Trollinger Jr. of Washington, D.C., and Larry Trollinger of Harrisburg, Pa., 10 grand-children; 15 great-grandchil-dren; a devoted niece, Evelyn Penn; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins; and her lifetime friends, Mrs. Yvetra Carter, Mrs. Maggie Booker, Ms. Mazella Jamison and Mother Ollie Salley. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Thurs-day, June 9, at Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. J.R. Samuels officiating. Burial will be at Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends from noon to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gilmore Funeral Home.
Published by Winston-Salem Journal on Jun. 8, 2005.
U.S., Social Security Death Index
Name: Flora P. Trollinger
Last Residence: 27107 Winston Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina
BORN: 19 May 1923
Died: 4 Jun 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Burial Walkerstown, Forsyth, NC - Burial: Gardens of Memory Cemetery
Walkertown, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Inscription: Flora R Trollinger Beloved Wife and Mother May 19 1923 Jun 4 2005
Person ID I24329 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 8 Mar 2024
Father Villard Ranzy Penn Mother Fannie Dodd Family ID F4405 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SGT James Curtis "JC" Trollinger, Sr., b. 23 Oct 1918, Haw River, Alamance, NC d. 8 Sep 2009, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC (Age 90 years) Marriage 6 Apr 1948 Forsyth, North Carolina, USA - North Carolina, Marriage Records
Name: James C Trollinger
Gender: Male
Race: Col
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1919
Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1948
Marriage Place: Forsyth, North Carolina, USA
Father: Nathaniel Trollinger
Mother: Matilda Trollinger
Spouse: Flora A Penn
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: Col
Spouse Age: 24
Spouse Father: Villard Penn
Spouse Mother: Fannie Penn
Event Type: Marriage
Children 1. James Curtis Trollinger, Jr. + 2. Shirley Anne Trollinger, b. 15 Jan 1949, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC d. 23 Dec 2022, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC (Age 73 years)+ 3. Larry Wayne "Larr" Trollinger, b. 15 Mar 1950, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC d. 20 Jan 2024 (Age 73 years)4. Detricha Diane Trollinger, b. 1 Aug 1952, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC Family ID F8500 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Mar 2024
- Flora Penn Trollinger was born to the late Fannie Dodd Penn and Villard Ranzy Penn in Westfield on May 23, 1923. She entered in-to rest Saturday, June 4, 2005, at 5:55 a.m. at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Win-ston-Salem. She received her formal education in North Carolina. She was employed and retired from Winston-Salem State University as a domestic engineer. She was a member of St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a faithful member of the Deborah Missionary Group as long as her health permitted. Flora was married to James C. Trollinger for 60 beautiful years until death parted them. From this union, they were blessed with four children, James Jr., Shirley, Larry and Detricha. She was preceded in death by her parents, Villard and Fannie; brothers, Joseph, Roy, Ranzy and John Penn; and sisters, Nellie Hatcher, Dolly Penn and Louvenia Clark. She leaves to cherish her precious memories three sisters, Ellen (Ben) Patterson of Winston-Salem, Lillie Hatcher of Harrisburg, Pa. and Peggy Armstrong (Sherman) of Winston-Salem; her brother, Jerry Penn, of Winston-Salem; two daughters, Shirley (Bishop James) Wright and Detricha (Ronald) Smith of Winston-Salem; two sons, James Trollinger Jr. of Washington, D.C., and Larry Trollinger of Harrisburg, Pa., 10 grand-children; 15 great-grandchil-dren; a devoted niece, Evelyn Penn; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins; and her lifetime friends, Mrs. Yvetra Carter, Mrs. Maggie Booker, Ms. Mazella Jamison and Mother Ollie Salley. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Thurs-day, June 9, at Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, with the Rev. J.R. Samuels officiating. Burial will be at Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends from noon to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 9. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gilmore Funeral Home.
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Event Map 
Birth - 23 May 1923 - Westfield, Surry, NC 
Marriage - 6 Apr 1948 - Forsyth, North Carolina, USA 
Death - 4 Jun 2005 - Winston Salem, Forsyth, NC 
Burial - - Walkerstown, Forsyth, NC = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
Record of Marriage for James and Flora
Marriage Record for James and Flora
Headstones 
Gardens of Memory Cemetery
Walkertown, Forsyth, NC
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Notes - Because Flora has a daughter whose name is Shirley Anne, it seems likely that Flora's birth middle name is also Anne and that Annie is simply a nickname version of Anne in her case.