Dan Pinkston

Daniel Gene Pinkston, age 57, of Tahlequah went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 21, 2017 in Tahlequah, OK. He was the son of Elmer Roy and Mildred Margaret (Phipps) Pinkston. Funeral services for Dan will be held on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at the New Life Worship Center in Tahlequah, OK with Bro Ralph Chafin and Bro. Ed Haworth officiating. Burial will follow at Holland Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Bobby Hesami, Jeremy Pinkston, Tyler Blankenship, Brent Morgan, Douglas Smith, and Michael Pinkston.

Dan’s sunrise was on March 28, 1960 in Shawnee, OK and as the sunsets on amazing life, led by a great man. Dan’s family and friends, of which there are many, are left to remember the life he lived. He was a very caring and loving man that never met a stranger, or a person he wasn’t willing to help. He was lucky enough to spend the past several years with a woman that always kept a smile on his face, his fiancé Rose Trammel. Though everyone was his friend there was a special place in his heart for children, and he loved to be around them as often as possible. Dan was a man’s, man, enjoying everything outdoors, Hunting , fishing, finding and collecting arrow heads, and hiking, just to name a few. He was a very creative person and expressed it through his hobby of photography, sunsets being his favorite thing to shoot. Many times he would drive around with Rose looking for the perfect view of a sunset, so they could set and soak in the beauty that God placed in front of them. Many of those excursions took him to Camp Gruber where he loved to ride around in the buggy. With all the passions he had in his life, nothing was more precious to him than his family. As we celebrate his life, we will miss all the amazing things he brought to each of his family and friends, but we will always remember his love and kindness in every beautiful sunset we see.

Those that greeted him in heaven include his parents, and one brother, Paul Pinkston

Left to remember the legacy he leaves behind include three sons, Joshua and wife Kimberly of Park Hill, OK, Jeremy Pinkston of Claremore, OK and Bobby Hesami and wife Jessi of Choctaw, OK, two daughters, Jessica Branch of Claremore, OK, and Brittany Caffey of Whitney, TX, five brothers; Corky Pinkston of Pryor, OK, John Pinkston of Chelsea, OK, Joe Pinkston of Chelsea, OK, Timmy Pinkston of Adair, OK, and Steve Pinkston of Foyil, OK, five sisters; Caroline Hefner of Chelsea, OK, Pearline Moore of Shawnee, OK, Lena Hunt of Oklahoma City, OK, Gladys Green of Chelsea, OK, and Annie Most of Chelsea, OK eight grandchildren; Triston Pinkston of Owasso, OK, Dacia Phillips of Peggs, OK, Judy Westerman of Claremore, OK, Corbin Pinkston of Claremore, OK, Christian Pinkston of Claremore, OK, Josie Pinkston of Centerville, TX, Julia Kelly of Richland Hills, TX and Huck Hesami of Choctaw, OK, and two great grandchildren, Brentley Simpson, and Greyson Pinkston, as well as, many other friends and loved ones.