Lane Cox (L.C.) Pinkston

Pinkston, Lane Cox (L.C.), age 80, died Friday, March 10, 2000 at his new residence in Albany, GA. A native of Bulls Gap, TN. He lived in the Knoxville/Seymour area for 54 years. He served in the US Navy during WWII 1943-45 aboard LST's in the Pacific. He retired from the Southern Railway System as a Locomotive fireman/engineer after 41 years service during which he survived from a "Jessie Jones" type head-on derailment between a four unit diesel freight train and a steam passenger train while working as a fireman on October 18, 1951 near Craggy, NC. He was a member of Valley Grove Baptist Church in Seymour. Wife: Laura Ann Pinkston - Albany, GA Funeral services 10:00 AM Saturday at Berry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Harry Mynatt officiating. Interment: Highland South Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 PM Friday and 9 to 10 AM Saturday at Berry Funeral Home, Chapman Hwy. wwwberryfuneralhome.com