Individual Details
George Brown Pilkington
(23 Jun 1910 - 6 Apr 1991)
George Brown Pilkington, born 23 June 1910 at Marianna, Lee County, Arkansas, the son of George Henry and Myrtie May (Brown) Pilkington. Myrtie May was the daughter of James Penn and Myra Tait (Banks) Brown. Myra Tait was the daughter of Charles Hardy and Murtice (Freeman) Banks. The Banks line is also traced back to Alfred the Great.
George graduated June 1933 from the Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta, Georgia with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve. During World War II, George was commissioned as an Ensign and promoted to Lieutenant, J.G. in the US Navy Sea-Bees, studied Military Government at the University of Virginia and the Japanese language at Leland-Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. George was stationed in Korea and was made Military Mayor of Chinju, Korea. In 1948 George opened a private consulting engineering business in his own name in Memphis, Tennessee, registered in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
DEATHS - ARKANSAS
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Monday, April 8, 1991: MARIANNA - George Brown Pilkington, 80, of Heber Springs, formerly of Marianna and Memphis, retired civil engineer, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cleveland County Memorial Gardens. Olmstead Funeral Home of Heber Springs has charge. He was a Protestant and a World War II Navy veteran. Pilkington, the husband of Viginia Dale Kirkpatrick Pilkington, also leaves two sons, George B. Pilkington II of Atlanta and Scott K. Pilkington of Dunlap, Tenn.; a brother, John W. Pilkington of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
George graduated June 1933 from the Georgia Institute of Technology at Atlanta, Georgia with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering and a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve. During World War II, George was commissioned as an Ensign and promoted to Lieutenant, J.G. in the US Navy Sea-Bees, studied Military Government at the University of Virginia and the Japanese language at Leland-Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. George was stationed in Korea and was made Military Mayor of Chinju, Korea. In 1948 George opened a private consulting engineering business in his own name in Memphis, Tennessee, registered in Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
There were two (2) children born of the marriage.
DEATHS - ARKANSAS
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Monday, April 8, 1991: MARIANNA - George Brown Pilkington, 80, of Heber Springs, formerly of Marianna and Memphis, retired civil engineer, died Saturday at his home. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cleveland County Memorial Gardens. Olmstead Funeral Home of Heber Springs has charge. He was a Protestant and a World War II Navy veteran. Pilkington, the husband of Viginia Dale Kirkpatrick Pilkington, also leaves two sons, George B. Pilkington II of Atlanta and Scott K. Pilkington of Dunlap, Tenn.; a brother, John W. Pilkington of Memphis, and four grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 23 Jun 1910 | Marianna, Lee Co., Arkansas |  | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Marianna, Lee Co., Arkansas | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Marianna, Lee Co., Arkansas | | ||
| Marriage | 9 Apr 1935 | Presbyterian Church, Marianna, Lee Co., Arkansas - Virginia "Dale" Kirkpatrick | |||
| Death | 6 Apr 1991 | Heber Springs, Cleburne Co., Arkansas | | ||
| Burial | Cleburne County Memorial Garden, Heber Springs, Cleburne Co., Arkansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Virginia "Dale" Kirkpatrick (1914 - 1991) |
| Child | George Brown Pilkington II (1937 - ) |
| Child | Scott Kirkpatrick Pilkington (1941 - ) |
| Father | George Henry Pilkington (1868 - 1945) |
| Mother | Myrtie May Brown (1888 - 1935) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
3. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..
5. Find A Grave.