Ora Emily Pickett was born in the Panthersville District of DeKalb County, Georgia, the second child of James S. and Laura Mae (Strickland) Gazaway. Her siblings were Myrtice Louise Gazaway Benson, Arthur James Gazaway, Margarite Elizabeth Gazaway Smith, Athalia Mae Gazaway Cooper, and Daniel Wilson Gazaway.
Emily (as she was called)was working as a stenographer for a title and trust company in Atlanta, when she married Waymond T. Pickett in Niagara Falls, NY. They soon welcomed two beautiful daughters into their family: Elizabeth and Theodora.
The Great Depression made it necessary for Waymond, a house builder, to follow the work; so the little family moved to Burbank, California which was experiencing a building boom by the end of the 1930s.
Emily adored her daughters and all the grandchildren that came along when the girls married. She is remembered as a kind, gentle woman with a pleasant voice, a lilting laugh, and a patient manner. She was also a talented gardener.
She was taken to heaven on Christmas Day, 1966 at the age of fifty-seven and is missed by her family to this day.
Emily (as she was called)was working as a stenographer for a title and trust company in Atlanta, when she married Waymond T. Pickett in Niagara Falls, NY. They soon welcomed two beautiful daughters into their family: Elizabeth and Theodora.
The Great Depression made it necessary for Waymond, a house builder, to follow the work; so the little family moved to Burbank, California which was experiencing a building boom by the end of the 1930s.
Emily adored her daughters and all the grandchildren that came along when the girls married. She is remembered as a kind, gentle woman with a pleasant voice, a lilting laugh, and a patient manner. She was also a talented gardener.
She was taken to heaven on Christmas Day, 1966 at the age of fifty-seven and is missed by her family to this day.
Ora Emily Pickett was born in the Panthersville District of DeKalb County, Georgia, the second child of James S. and Laura Mae (Strickland) Gazaway. Her siblings were Myrtice Louise Gazaway Benson, Arthur James Gazaway, Margarite Elizabeth Gazaway Smith, Athalia Mae Gazaway Cooper, and Daniel Wilson Gazaway.
Emily (as she was called)was working as a stenographer for a title and trust company in Atlanta, when she married Waymond T. Pickett in Niagara Falls, NY. They soon welcomed two beautiful daughters into their family: Elizabeth and Theodora.
The Great Depression made it necessary for Waymond, a house builder, to follow the work; so the little family moved to Burbank, California which was experiencing a building boom by the end of the 1930s.
Emily adored her daughters and all the grandchildren that came along when the girls married. She is remembered as a kind, gentle woman with a pleasant voice, a lilting laugh, and a patient manner. She was also a talented gardener.
She was taken to heaven on Christmas Day, 1966 at the age of fifty-seven and is missed by her family to this day.
Emily (as she was called)was working as a stenographer for a title and trust company in Atlanta, when she married Waymond T. Pickett in Niagara Falls, NY. They soon welcomed two beautiful daughters into their family: Elizabeth and Theodora.
The Great Depression made it necessary for Waymond, a house builder, to follow the work; so the little family moved to Burbank, California which was experiencing a building boom by the end of the 1930s.
Emily adored her daughters and all the grandchildren that came along when the girls married. She is remembered as a kind, gentle woman with a pleasant voice, a lilting laugh, and a patient manner. She was also a talented gardener.
She was taken to heaven on Christmas Day, 1966 at the age of fifty-seven and is missed by her family to this day.
