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George I Pilgrim

8 Dec 1923 – 13 Sep 2012

Birth8 Dec 1923
Death13 Sep 2012
CemeteryCathedral in the Pines Cemetery
Tyler , Smith County , Texas , USA
Added bySheila on 28 Mar 2022
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World War II Veteran George I. Pilgrim, 88 of Tyler, Texas, went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 13, 2012. Mr. Pilgrim was born December 8, 1923 in Pine, Texas to Allie Mae Pilgrim and George W. Pilgrim. George's father passed away when he was 15 and he took care of his mother and finished his education in Pittsburg. He worked briefly before he joined the U.S. Army Air Corp in August 1942 and trained to be an aircraft mechanic. He was stationed in Knettishall, England where he served until July 7, 1945. George Pilgrim was a member of the "Flying Fortress 388th Bomb Group." While on leave in Scotland, he met a lovely young lass named Helen Gillies, who would travel after the war to Texas to become his wife of 64 years. While living in Gilmer they raised their three children. He worked for Humble Oil Company and the Cotton Belt Railroad as a brakeman and conductor. George was a Past Worshipful Master of the Masonic Lodge in Gilmer. They moved to Tyler 1973, where he continued to work for the Cotton Belt Railroad and was a proud member of the United Transportation Union until his retirement in 1986. They traveled many places, often to The 388th Bomb Group Reunions where he served a term as President. Mr. Pilgrim was honored to join the Brookshire's World War II Heroes Flight to Washington D.C. in October 2010. They visited the WW II Memorial, the Washington Mall and so many treasured sites. This was a thrill for him to share this with his fellow veterans, his daughter, Hazel Moore, and granddaughter, Jamie Pilgrim. He is survived by his children and their spouses: Jacqueline and Kenneth Goates, Hazel and Kenny Moore, George Scott Pilgrim and Tammy Pilgrim, all of Tyler. Grandchildren; Steven and Jill Goatesl, Jennifer and Jimmy Neal, and Victor Pilgrim, all of Tyler and Jamie Lynn Pilgrim of Alexandria, Va. Great grandchildren include Grant, Gregory, and Grayden Goates, Katherine and Hunter Neal all of Tyler, and Mackenzie Neal of Tipton, Missouri, and nieces, Martha Larison, Sharon Nelson and Saundra Gail Shelton; and nephews, Billy K. Pilgrim and Leo Bailey, Jr.. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Helen Pilgrim; sisters, Elva Lee Hayden, Christine Bailey, and brother, Billy Pilgrim and niece, Kay Gideon. Source: Burks-Walker-Tippet Funeral Home, Tyler, Texas

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