William Letcher Pannill^[1]

1880 - 1940  (59 years)

• Name	William Letcher Pannill
  Born	21 Oct 1880	Wentworth, Rockingham Co., N. Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 May 1940	Martinsville, Henry Co., Virginia
  Buried	Oakwood Cemetery, Martinsville, Virginia
  Person ID	I11435	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family	Adelle Dillard,   b. 7 Jun 1911, Mayodan, Caswell Co., N. Carolina ,   d. 17 Feb 2000, Martinsville, Henry Co., Virginia  (Age 88 years)
  Children	+ 1. Adele Dillard Pannill,   b. 7 Jun 1911, Rockingham, North Carolina ,   d. 17 Feb 2000, Martinsville, Virginia  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F4471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Wedding Announcement for Joseph Coates Carter and Adele Dillard Pannill CarterPannillWeddingTheBeeAug17,1936.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi/page/gr/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33647727. OAKWOOD CEMETERY LOT INDEX, Third Edition, Complied by the Martinsville Cemetery Assn. Sect. 15, Lot 0: William Letcher Pannill, 10/21/1880 - 5/19/1940 Adele Dillard Pannill, 9/4/1887 - 7/3/1969 Pannill, Infant Son, no dates William was a son of John Taylor Pannill and Lucy Dillard. (Lucy was a daughter of Jack Dillard) === William was born in Rockingham County, N.C. === MARTINSVILLE DAILY BULLETIN, Martinsville, Va., Mon. May 20, 1940, p. 1, col. 1: (edited) William Letcher Pannill, 58, prominent industrialist, religious and civic leader of Martinsville, died at his home on "Scuffle Hill" last night following a years' illness. His condition had been considered critical for the past week. Funeral services are to be held Tuesday morning at the home. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Pannill was born on a farm near Wentworth, N.C., on Oct. 21, 1880, the son of Lucy Dillard and John T. Pannill. He received his education in the public schools of Reidsville, Oak Ridge Military Academy, at Oak Ridge, N.C., and from Bryan-Stratton Business College in Baltimore, of which he was a graduate. Mr. Pannill entered the textile industry with the Mayo Cotton Mills at Mayodan, N.C., in 1904 and rose in that field until, at the time of his death, he was considered one of the sections' leading textile manufacturers. Mr. Pannill stayed at Mayodan from 1904 to 1916 during which time he became superintendent of the Mayo Mills and also the first mayor of the town of Mayodan. In 1916, he joined the P. H. Hans Knitting Company that was then being organized in Winston-Salem, and remained with that firm until 1923 when he moved to Reidsville to organize the Cartex Company. He remained with Cartex for two years and then came to Martinsville in 1925, to found the Pannill Knitting Company, the first unit of four textile manufacturing enterprises. Three years later, with S. S. Walker and other associates he founded the Virginia Underwear Corporation, then in 1933 formed the Pannill-Walker Underwear Company, followed in 1937 by the organization of the Sale Knitting Company. He was a member of the Anderson Memorial Presbyterian Church and had served on the board of deacons of the church. He had also served as president of the Kiwanis Club. He was very active in the real estate business. He was married on July 25, 1908, to the former Miss Adele Dillard, of Spencer, who survives with the following children: W. L. Pannill Jr.; Mesdames E. A. Sale, Jimmy C. Smith and J. Coates Carter, all of Martinsville; Mrs. Frank Lacy, of South Boston; Misses Carolyn Pannill, student at Randolph-Macon Womans' College, Lynchburg and Mattie Dillard (Patricia) Pannill, of this city. Also remaining are two brothers, Gordon Pannill of Winston-Salem, and John T. Pannill Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla. and three sisters: Mesdames Cora E. Nissen, this city; Mrs. H. C. Holmes, Salisbury, N.C., and Miss Florence Pannill, Greensboro, N.C. A sister, Mrs. Annie Pannill Rahm of Danville died only three days ago.