Kenneth M. Pinkley of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was born February 25, 1926 in Monet, Missouri, to Earl R and Gladys (True) Pinkley. Kenneth departed this life after a brief illness Saturday, November 14, 2020 in Springdale, Arkansas at the age of 94.
Kenneth grew up on the family's farm on the Kings River east of Eureka Springs, AR. He graduated high school at Berryville, AR in 1944 then he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. During his service, he was a crew chief and command gunner on a B29 Superfortress that flew weather recon missions from California to Alaska over the Pacific Ocean. During his service he developed cancer and it required the removal of one eye. At the time of his death, he was the longest, not the oldest, surviving cancer patient in AR.
Kenneth also helped with construction of the Beaver Dam. In 1966, he became a rural mail carrier until his retirement. Kenneth was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He enjoyed fishing, drinking coffee and visiting with his friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents Earl and Gladys Pinkley; sister Joan Bray; brother Herbert Harvey Pinkley.
Kenneth grew up on the family's farm on the Kings River east of Eureka Springs, AR. He graduated high school at Berryville, AR in 1944 then he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. During his service, he was a crew chief and command gunner on a B29 Superfortress that flew weather recon missions from California to Alaska over the Pacific Ocean. During his service he developed cancer and it required the removal of one eye. At the time of his death, he was the longest, not the oldest, surviving cancer patient in AR.
Kenneth also helped with construction of the Beaver Dam. In 1966, he became a rural mail carrier until his retirement. Kenneth was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He enjoyed fishing, drinking coffee and visiting with his friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents Earl and Gladys Pinkley; sister Joan Bray; brother Herbert Harvey Pinkley.
Kenneth M. Pinkley of Eureka Springs, Arkansas was born February 25, 1926 in Monet, Missouri, to Earl R and Gladys (True) Pinkley. Kenneth departed this life after a brief illness Saturday, November 14, 2020 in Springdale, Arkansas at the age of 94.
Kenneth grew up on the family's farm on the Kings River east of Eureka Springs, AR. He graduated high school at Berryville, AR in 1944 then he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. During his service, he was a crew chief and command gunner on a B29 Superfortress that flew weather recon missions from California to Alaska over the Pacific Ocean. During his service he developed cancer and it required the removal of one eye. At the time of his death, he was the longest, not the oldest, surviving cancer patient in AR.
Kenneth also helped with construction of the Beaver Dam. In 1966, he became a rural mail carrier until his retirement. Kenneth was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He enjoyed fishing, drinking coffee and visiting with his friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents Earl and Gladys Pinkley; sister Joan Bray; brother Herbert Harvey Pinkley.
Kenneth grew up on the family's farm on the Kings River east of Eureka Springs, AR. He graduated high school at Berryville, AR in 1944 then he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. During his service, he was a crew chief and command gunner on a B29 Superfortress that flew weather recon missions from California to Alaska over the Pacific Ocean. During his service he developed cancer and it required the removal of one eye. At the time of his death, he was the longest, not the oldest, surviving cancer patient in AR.
Kenneth also helped with construction of the Beaver Dam. In 1966, he became a rural mail carrier until his retirement. Kenneth was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He enjoyed fishing, drinking coffee and visiting with his friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents Earl and Gladys Pinkley; sister Joan Bray; brother Herbert Harvey Pinkley.
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