Spouse & Children

Emma Elizabeth Smothers Chester Arthur Pinkston (1895-1979) Thelma Pinkston (1897-)       Margaret Pearl Wilks Lillie Pinkston (1904-) David Erwin Pinkston (1905-) Ruby Pinkston (1910-) Robert Edward Lee Pinksto... (1913-1965) Bonnie Pinkston (1914-) Enos Walter Pinkston (1916-1990)

Brothers & Sisters

Martha J. Pinkston (1857-1880) Mary Elizabeth Pinkston (1857-1929) John Tinsley Pinkston (1860-1918) James L. Pinkston (1862-1946) Thomas J. Pinkston (1866-1934)

D0SSIE PINKST0N DIES MONDAY AT HOME

Dossie Benjamin Pinkston, 87, Bush, died at 10:45 p. m. Monday at his home, after a one-year illness. He was a retired miner. Mr. Pinkston was born Feb. 6, 1872, in Missouri. He married the former Maggie Wilks in 1901 in Bernie, Mo. He belonged to the Church of Christ. He leaves his wife; children Mrs. Bonnie Pitts, Mrs. Pansy Piper, Mrs. Doris Holland, Enos and Eddie, all of Bush, and David of Chicago, 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at the Bush Pentecostal Church with the Rev. Frank Clark and the Rev. Ivan Yost, officiating. Burial will be in Blairsville Cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence after 5 p. m. today. Johnson Funeral Home, Herrin, is in charge of arrangements.⁵

Sources:

1. 1880 United States Federal Census, Illinois, Franklin, Cave, District 16, pg 17
2. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
3. Ancestry.com. Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920
4. Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
5. Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, Illinois) 12 Jan 1960, Tue Page 2