Fifth Generation

340. Pinkney Rhinehart FLOWERS was born on 30 June 1874 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{258,701,846,847} In 1910 he was in farmer, Hickory Twp., Catawba County, NC.⁸⁴⁸ He died on 9 April 1922 at the age of 47 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^846,847,849 Pinkney was buried in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, NC.

Pinkney Rhinehart FLOWERS and Hester Emma HAWN were married on 30 July 1901 in Hickory Tavern Twp., Catawba County, North Carolina.^496,850 by L.C. Huffman, J.P. Hickory Twp. Hester Emma HAWN, daughter of Larkin Jones HAWN and Deannah Elizabeth HERMAN, was born on 31 December 1882 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^126,496,847 She died on 24 November 1969 at the age of 86 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^496,847 She was buried in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, NC.

Pinkney Rhinehart FLOWERS and Hester Emma HAWN had the following children:

+1027	i.	Eula Mae FLOWERS.
1028	ii.	Larkin Lee FLOWERS was born on 2 July 1904 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁸⁴⁸ He died on 6 November 1946 at the age of 42 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.
1029	iii.	Ralph Eugene FLOWERS was born on 3 September 1906 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁸⁴⁷ He died on 2 October 1906 at the age of 0 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁸⁴⁷ He was buried in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, NC.
+1030	iv.	Elsie Leona FLOWERS.
+1031	v.	Paul Franklin FLOWERS.
1032	vi.	Edna Louise FLOWERS was born on 24 September 1913 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁸⁴⁷ She died on 26 September 1913 at the age of 0 in Catawba County, North Carolina and was buried in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church (MO Synod) Cemetery.⁸⁴⁷
1033	vii.	Annie Rebecca FLOWERS was born on 23 May 1915 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 4 January 2003 at the age of 87 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.
1034	viii.	Harold Lee "Hal" FLOWERS , Sr. was born on 25 June 1917 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 27 March 2008 at the age of 90 in Chesterfield, Missouri. His obituary appeared as follows: CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - Harold (Hal) Lee Flowers Sr., 90, died March 27, 2008, at his home in Chesterfield. Harold was born June 25, 1917, in Hickory, N.C. He was the son of the late E.L. and Olive Kathryn Flowers of Hickory. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Doris Hexamer Flowers and their two children, Josselyn Moore Moon and husband, Jeff, and Harold (Hal) Flowers Jr.; grandchildren, Susan, Thomas and Jeremy; and great-grandchildren, Michael, Kathryn and Abigail. He also is survived by his two sisters, Margaret F. Cline and Hilda F. Brittain of Hickory, N.C., and many cousins, nieces and nephews. A memorial service with private interment was held at 11 a.m. April 2, 2008, at Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Dr. Joe M. Wilson officiating. The family received friends at a reception in the Gathering Place at the church following the service. Harold and Doris have been active members at Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder. He served on many local and national boards and councils. He also served as a volunteer at St. Luke's Hospital for many years. Mr. Flowers holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University in electrical engineering and a graduate degree in engineering from the University of Cincinnati, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi. He received a BSEE from Duke University in 1938, a MS Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1941 and a DSc (hon) from Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1993. He was a research scientist with the Naval Research Lab in Washington from 1942 to 1950, manager, electronic division for Goodyear Aerospace in Akron, Ohio, from 1950 to 1961, director, engineering division for AVCO Electronics in Cincinnati from 1961 to 1963, director to manager of missiles division for McDonnell Douglas Astronautics in St. Louis from 1963 to 1987, and engineering consultant with CP Associates in Washington from 1987 to 2008. He was a member of the advisory board of Mark Twain Bank in Chesterfield, a member of the board of visitors at the Engineering School with Duke University in Durham, N.C., a Fellow IEEE (Fellow Award from Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) and an Associate Fellow with AIAA. His honors and accomplishments consist of him holding patents for Radar Receiver Design and ATRAN Dead Reckoning Navigation System, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, Distinguished Alumnus (Duke and Cincinnati), Distinguished Service Award (Duke University) and U.S. Navy Civilian Meritorious Award. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 5/3/2008]
+1035	ix.	Claude Pinkney FLOWERS.
1036	x.	Robert Theodore FLOWERS was born on 11 April 1920 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 30 March 1998 at the age of 77 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina.