Typed by: Kay Ward


WHITAKER, PINKNEY CARTER

Surnames: WHITAKER, PRYOR, SIKES, CHRISTIAN, PELHAM

Pinkney Carter Whitaker, b December 31, 1912 in Falls County-the eighth of ten children of George David Vincent and Martha Elizabeth (Pryor) Whitaker-natives of Georgia, grew up in the Chilton area of Falls County, Texas.
On September 19, 1936, "Carter" was married to Crystal Alice Sikes, b 1918. Carter served in the U. S. Army during World War II, returning after the war. He has operated the Whitaker Nursery, on Highway 7 West between Chilton and Marlin, for many years.
The couple are the parents of two sons:
Albert Leon Whitaker, b November 22, 1937, is employed by the Mental Health and Mental Retardation department in Waco, Texas, and had been a former Laboratory Technician at the Torbett-Hutchings-Smith Memorial Hospital in Marlin. He was married on October 16, 1963 to Della Mae Christian, b August 16, 1943 in Marlin-a daughter of Olin Clyde Christian-born in Penelope, Hill County, Texas, and buried there by his parents, and his wife, Laura Lovell (Pelham) Christian, a native of Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, who resides in Marlin, Texas. Albert and Della Mae have two children: Holly Rae Whitaker, b March 30, 1969; and Justin Vincent Whitaker, b December 8, 1971. Albert and Della Mae own and operate the Whitaker Ceramic Business-across the highway from his father's Nursery.
James David Whitaker, b March 19,1940 in Falls County, Texas. No further information.
Carter and his brother,Charles, were the only two of the ten children of their parents who remained in Falls County, and both have descendants who still reside there.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bios of these Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls county", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission,
page 479-480, column 2 and column 1
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