When Verda Bell Jamerson was born on 5 November 1900, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, her father, Walter J. Jamerson, was 48 and her mother, Rhoda Ashby Sr., was 40. She married Cothern Barton Pennington on 22 July 1917, in Clay, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years and Magisterial District 5 East Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 26 October 1973, in Monroe, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bailey Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Monroe, Kentucky, United States.