Spouse & Children

Etta Park Clifford F. Pinkston (1894-1964) Myrtle Pinkston (1896-1918) Pearl Pinkston (1898-1949) Glenn Pinkston (1901-1982) Opal Pinkston (1904-1923) Willodine Pinkston (1907-1988) Marie Pinkston (1910-1938) Alma Pinkston (1913-1948) Lucille Pinkston (1918-1926)        America Elizabeth Norwood

Brothers & Sisters

Varenia G. Pinkston (1867-) Gideon Carroll Pinkston (1871-1950) Isabella Pinkston (1877-1932) William P. Pinkston (1879-)

Pedestrian 84 Killed by Car Ex-Contractor Was Crossing Parkway - An afternoon stroll ended in death for Theodore Pinkston 84 retired Memphis contractor who was struck by a car on North Parkway at Decatur He died at 6:45 pm Saturday at St Joseph Hospital where he was taken in a Thompson ambulance Mr Pinkston who lived with his son Glenn Pinkston exhibits director for the Mid-South Fair at 1244 Forrest was crossing North Parkway at the intersection when he was hit by a 1954 Buick driven by Ronald Ralph Burr 21 of 1027 National, going east on North Parkway. Officers H N Jones and E C Gambrell who investigated said Mr Pinkston was knocked 42 feet They said he was in the proper pedestrian crossing Burr was charged with reckless driving. Mr Pinkston's death was the 20th fatality on city streets this year compared to 24 at this time last year. A native of Carroll County Tenn Mr Pinkston moved to Memphis in 1916. He was a telegraph operator for 20 years before going into the construction business. In addition to his son at the home address Mr Pinkston leaves another son Clifford Pinkston of Buffalo Valley Tenn, a daughter Mrs Warren Gibson of Amarillo Texas and many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren National Funeral Home is in charge.⁴

Sources:

1. Ancestry.com Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
2. Shelby County Tennessee Register of Deeds http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php
3. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011.
4. The Memphis Press-Scimitar (Memphis, Tennessee) 5 Aug 1957, Mon Page 3