Leona Mallory's Husband, Pinkney
Leona Lucinda Mallory (daughter of Ben) married Pinkney Poor in 1932. He died of a heart attack in 1955, at the age of 54, and was buried in a military cemetery in San Diego. When Pinkney was a young man, he tried to enlist in the navy. He was told that he would need his birth certificate to join, so he went to his mother, Martha, and asked for it. She reluctantly told him that she didn't have it because he was adopted. She did have his adoption papers, however, and he was able to enlist, but he never knew anything more about his biological parents. Pinkney had a happy childhood, so maybe it never crossed his mind. His adopted father was a good man, a county sheriff, and Pinkney was close to his younger sister, Crystal, the biological child of John and Martha Poor. After he married, Pinkney had two children, a boy and a girl, who were the beloved grandchildren of John and Martha. The Poor family, all three generati...