when did piney die in sons of anarchy
Piney Winston In Season 4, Piney voices his disgust with Clay's decisions following the agreement to run drugs for the cartel, and he creates a rift in the club culminating in Bobby's call for a change of presidency vote. The vote is interrupted by attacks on SAMCRO and the Mayans, after which Piney goes to the cabin to clear his mind. It's also revealed that Piney is privy to the contents of some letters written by John Teller (which Tara found when she unwrapped and read the package of letters Maureen Ashby had secreted in Jax's bag and described to Piney). In these letters, JT related his concerns about the direction the club had taken, his plans to stop the gunrunning for the IRA, and his fears that he was losing Gemma and that Clay would kill him. Piney believes the latter is what eventually happened and threatens Clay that he will share those letters with Jax and the club, unless Clay pulls out of the cartel deal. Clay goes to the cabin looking for the letters and questions Piney about them, after which Clay murders Piney. Clay then stages the scene to look like a hit by the cartel. Piney is the third member of SOA's First 9 to be executed by Clay.