Spouse and Children

Verna Ogden

Brothers and Sisters

Emily Amanda Pinkston (1847-1921) Stephen Thomas Pinkston (1871-1937) Mary E. Pinkston (1873-) John Gray Pinkston (1875-1963) Louisa E. Pinkston (1877-1956) Jabez Pinkston (1879-1916)

CHESTER PINKSTON, CARTERVILLE, DIES

Chester Pinkston, 83, of 427 Mulberry St., Carterville, died at 3:50 p.m. Thursday in Alexander County Tuberculosis Hospital, Cairo. He had been ill several years and in the hospital 10 days. Mr. Pinkston was born June 28, 1882, in Carroll County, Tenn., the son of Stephen and Margaret Joyner Pinkston. His wife, the former Verna Ogden, died Nov. 18, 1949. He was a retired merchant, operating a hardware store in Hurst several years. He had lived in Carterville 32 years after retiring. He was a member of the Carterville First Baptist Church. He leaves several nieces. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Riggin Funeral Home, Carterville. The Rev. Owen Hamilton will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Carterville. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at the funeral home.¹

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