Putnam County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pinkerton, Benjamin Alexander January 4, 1979
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Eatonton Messenger Jan 1979
	Graveside services were held Saturday morning for Benjamin A. Pinkerton, 72,
who died Jan 4, 1979 at his home in Putnam County. Services were held at the
Philadelphia Methodist Church cemetery with Rev. Melvin Charles officiating. 
	A prominent dairyman, now retired, Mr. Pinkerton was a native of Putnam County,
the son of the late James A. and Bessie Hawkins Pinkerton. He was married to the
former Ermine Hill and the couple raised their family here. 
	He is survived by his widow and by his son Bennie K. Pinkerton of Eatonton and
daughter Mrs. Julia Murphy of Macon; six grandchildren, brothers James A.
Pinkerton of San Diego, California and Rufus A. Pinkerton, Charlotte, N.C. and
four sisters Flora Jean Reddinger, Miami, Fla., Thelma Moffett, Lakeland, Fla.,
Bessie Kerr, St. Petersburg, Fla. And Blondell Sames, Tampa, Fla. and his step
mother Mrs. J.A. Pinkerton of Daytona Beach, Fla. 
	Pallbearers were Bill Rousseau, Clifford Marshall, H.P. McMichael, Armour
Maddox, Willie Jones and Larry Manly. Vining Funeral Homes was in charge of
arrangements.


Additional Comments:
Benjamin Alexander Pinkerton, b. Aug. 8, 1906 in Rockville, is buried in
Philadelphia Methodist Church cemetery. He married Ermine Hill, daughter of
Augustus L. Hill and Julia Katharine Moseman, on Oct. 23, 1938 in Eatonton. They
had a son, Bennie K. Pinkerton of Eatonton and a daughter, Julia Murphy of
Macon, Ga.

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