By Todd Hatton/Paducah Sun
Wickliffe, KY – Wickliffe Mayor Martha Pennebaker passed away over the weekend after a battle with cancer. The 79-year-old Pennebaker was Wickliffe's first female mayor and was honored by the West Kentucky Allied Service in 2010. Ballard County Judge-Executive Vickie Viniard tells the Paducah Sun Pennebaker's death is a great loss for the community. Services will be held Tuesday at Milner and Orr Funeral Home in Wickliffe. The family is asking any expressions of sympathy be sent to Shriner's Hospital for Children in St. Louis.