W. O. Dinkins

Creator

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Identifier

20029633

Description

Veteran postal employee W. O. Dinkins died in a hospital February 6th, at 68 years old. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Lottie Dinkins; his three sons, Frank A.. Ross H., and W. E. Dinkins; three brothers, Frank, T. H., and J. H. Dinkins; and two sisters, Mrs. Julia Ramsey and Mrs. J. E. Crane, all of Fort Worth, Texas. He was the first parcel post delivery man in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1913 he equipped a light delivery wagon drawn by mare named Maud. He was able to deliver between 35 and 40 packages a day. In 1923 he changed to a truck and delivered between 150 and 200 packages per day. Mr. Dinkins retired from the post office after 30 years of service in 1939. He was enjoying retirement-- relaxing and fishing when the manpower shortage called him back. He went to work on an assembly line building B-24 Bombers. Mr. Dinkins suffered a heart attack two weeks before his passing. He is pictured in his postal uniform.

Archival Date

1944-02-06

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-323

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Dinkins, W. O.; Dinkins, Lottie (Mrs.); Dinkins, Frank A.; Dinkins, Ross H.; Dinkins, W. E.; Dinkins, Frank; Dinkins, T. H.; Dinkins, J. H.; Ramsey, Julia (Mrs.); Crane, J. E. (Mrs.); Postal service employees; Mail carriers; Postal service; Uniforms