I hope his real first name was Pinkerton. :-D

It was printed as "Pink," and he'd signed the court decision (to grant someone their application for a pension) as Pink, so I really don't know. I just stared at the name for a good half a minute, trying to wrap my mind around it. *g*

Edited to add that it did sound very Southern to my ear, the kind of name elderly relatives who were old when you were a kid would invoke, as in "Well, that was the time Uncle Pink traveled over to Memphis ... "