Pinkie McGill
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Pinkie Lue McGill was the 7th child born to Estella and Bee Moil Benard. She was born in Webster, Texas April 20, 1940. She attended Dunbar Elementary School in Winnsboro. After her sophomore year she left, but earned her GED and completed vocational. She worked as a nurse's aid in Sulphur Springs and wood county. She also worked in nursing homes as an LVN and in home health care. In addition she served her family.
Pinkie was a Den Mother for a Cub Scouts in Winnsboro, and she served children of Independent Missionary Baptist Church of Como, Texas in the Sandfield Community. There she worked with the youth for Vacation Bible School. She is remembered for that and her cakes and pies that brought smiles to many faces.
Two people with whom she was united in marriage survive: Excellent McGill, Jr and Samuel David Friday II.
She is preceded in death by her father Bee Moil Benard, her mother Estella Benard and 7 seven brothers and sisters: Barclay Benard, JB Benard, and Gaston Benard all of Amarillo, TX; Mae Lovingood of El Paso, TX; Myrtie B. Fletcher of Winnsboro, TX; and Orbree Dixon of Tucson, AZ.
She birthed five children: Virgil Dixon of Oakland, CA; Estell Lenita Johnson of Kansas City, MO; Samuel David Friday III of Winnsboro, TX; Dexter Morris Friday of Muncie, IN; and Charles Anthony McGill of Hephzibah, GA. She is survived by them and 5 grandchildren.