Pearl Binsted

Heading: Pearl Binsted Dateline: Greer Pearl Maxine (Mickey) Gorball Binsted, 86, of Greer, SC, widow of Charles Linwood Binsted, died February 12, 2010 at The Haven in the Village at Chanticleer. Born in Rose, Nebraska on November 9, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Glenn and Pearl Gorball. She graduated from Central High School (Beta Sigma Phi) in Bassett, Nebraska and moved to Washington, D.C. working as an assistant clerk in the ordinance chief’s office. During the war, dates were meager because there were eight girls to every man in D.C. Mickey got together with other girls and an “Eight-Girls-to-a-Man” club was formed. The club gained front-page newspaper position. Finally it came to Hollywood’s notice, and Columbia Pictures built a movie around it entitled “The More the Merrier,” starring Jean Arthur. Mickey assisted her husband for many years as the head of The National Congress of Petroleum Retailers. She managed Binsted’s Exxon Service Station in Washington, D.C. (in business for over fifty years). After her long career as a travel agent, crossing the world many times over, she retired. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne C. and Gretchen Binsted of Taylors and Stanley E. and Jaime Binsted of Charlottesville, Virginia; a brother, Warren Gorball of Rapid City, South Dakota; three grandchildren, Adam, Kiele, and Staunton Wright and husband Cooper; and one great-grandchild, Stellan Wright. Mrs. Binsted was predeceased by four brothers, Harry, Jesse, Harold and Wayne Gorbell and three sisters, Hazel Howarth, Mildred Nichols, and a baby sister who died at birth. A memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at The Wood Mortuary. Burial will be held at a later date at the Gorball family plot in Bassett Memorial Park, NE. Memorials may be sent to The American Cancer Society, South Atlantic Division, Inc., 154 Milestone Way, Greenville, S.C. 29615, Phone 864.627.1903 or the Alzheimer’s Association South Carolina Chapter, 4124 Clemson Blvd-Ste L, Anderson, S.C. 29621 Phone 1.800.273.2555. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.thewoodmortuary.com

Pearl Binsted

November 9, 1923 - February 12, 2010