Illness Is Fatal To Ira C. Pickett --
Ira C. Pickett, 73, of the Lexie Crossroads community, died Wednesday at the Sewanee hospital after an illness of one month. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
The funeral will be held Friday at 2 o'clock at the Oak Grove Baptist Church when services will be conducted by the Rev. Jerry McGehee. Burial will be in the Shady Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Syler Pickett; nine sons, Carl, Jack, J. D., Fred, I. C. Jr., Billy, Guy, Bob, all of the Lexie Crossroads community, and Thomas, of Chattanooga; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Goodman of Lexie Crossroads, Mrs. Grady Limbaugh, Falls Mill, Mrs. John Jarrett, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Willie Pitts of Washington, D. C.; and 23 grandchildren.
Source:
Winchester Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Thursday, January 24, 1952
From Dorothy Flannery, the original contributor:
Ira Clay Pickett was my Step-Grandfather.He and his wife Eunice had 14 children.One died in infancy,Guy's Twin Robert.Their Children:
Carl; Ester;Mildred,Zack,Neva,Nell,J.D,Fred,I.C,(Ira Jr.)Tom,Guy,Bill and Bobby Dean.
Grandpa was a fisty little Irishman who had a heart of
" Gold " He was always helping others,especially his family.
I remember his icecream & fresh honey from his own hives.He would always remind Granny to give us the goodies if she forgot.A super man of very religious beliefs...and ways!!
Illness Is Fatal To Ira C. Pickett --
Ira C. Pickett, 73, of the Lexie Crossroads community, died Wednesday at the Sewanee hospital after an illness of one month. He was a member of the Baptist Church.
The funeral will be held Friday at 2 o'clock at the Oak Grove Baptist Church when services will be conducted by the Rev. Jerry McGehee. Burial will be in the Shady Grove Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eunice Syler Pickett; nine sons, Carl, Jack, J. D., Fred, I. C. Jr., Billy, Guy, Bob, all of the Lexie Crossroads community, and Thomas, of Chattanooga; four daughters, Mrs. Charles Goodman of Lexie Crossroads, Mrs. Grady Limbaugh, Falls Mill, Mrs. John Jarrett, Chattanooga, and Mrs. Willie Pitts of Washington, D. C.; and 23 grandchildren.
Source:
Winchester Chronicle
Winchester, Tennessee
Thursday, January 24, 1952
From Dorothy Flannery, the original contributor:
Ira Clay Pickett was my Step-Grandfather.He and his wife Eunice had 14 children.One died in infancy,Guy's Twin Robert.Their Children:
Carl; Ester;Mildred,Zack,Neva,Nell,J.D,Fred,I.C,(Ira Jr.)Tom,Guy,Bill and Bobby Dean.
Grandpa was a fisty little Irishman who had a heart of
" Gold " He was always helping others,especially his family.
I remember his icecream & fresh honey from his own hives.He would always remind Granny to give us the goodies if she forgot.A super man of very religious beliefs...and ways!!
Family Members
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Nancy Esther Pickett Limbaugh
1910–2009
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James Carl Pickett
1912–2001
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Mildred Inez "Mimmie" Pickett Goodman
1913–1999
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Zacharia Clay "Zack" Pickett
1915–1997
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J.D. Pickett
1919–2001
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Neva Louise Pickett Pitts
1921–2007
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Ira Clay Pickett Jr
1923–1996
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Fred Davis Pickett
1925–2011
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Vera Nell Pickett Jarrett
1926–2013
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Thomas Ray Pickett
1929–2001
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Robert Lee Pickett
1931–1931
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Guy B Pickett
1931–2007
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Billy Wayne Pickett
1933–2015
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Melba Jean Pickett
1935–1936
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Bobby Dean Pickett
1936–2020
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