Pilgrim, Maxine   	

PITTSBURG - Memorial services for Maxine Kinsey Pilgrim, of Longview, formerly of 
Pittsburg, will be at 11 a.m. today, July 19, 2007, at Erman Smith Funeral Home 
Chapel in Pittsburg, and interment will be in Macedonia Cemetery.

She was born May 28, 1926, in Bogata, to Cecil and Daisy Smith Kinsey, and she 
died July 16, 2007, at her home in Longview.

Mrs. Pilgrim retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1981, and she was a member 
of the Longview Chapter of Telephone Pioneers of America. She was a longtime member 
of Immanuel Baptist Church in Pittsburg.

She met and married Pete Pilgrim in 1944, and they made their home in Pittsburg 
together until his death in 1990. Ms. Pilgrim was also preceded in death by her 
parents and two sisters, Ola Mae Green and Bernice Braudaway.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Sherry and Dicky Davis of 
Hallsville, and Nita and Bill Reeves of McKinney; grandchildren and great-
grandchildren, Derrick and Krisztina Davis, Barbie, Bence, A'Kos and SofiŽa of 
Fort Rucker, Ala.; Dustin Davis of Conroe and Brooklynn Davis of Spring Hill; Andy 
and Amie Akard Rittler and Sam of McKinney; and Crystal Davis of San Marcos.

Mrs. Pilgrim also left behind numerous special friends at Eden Place in Longview, 
and best friend, Truby Stewart of Pittsburg.

The family will receive friends from 9-11 a.m. today, prior to services.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 7/18/2007 - 7/19/2007.