Date of birth: 03 Aug 1907
Date of death: 01 Apr 1963

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Burial Information

Section 05 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0243-06
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II

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Notes

Obituary
John F. Pickens Services Held
John Flanery Pickens, 55, former Lexington resident, died suddenly at the South Sunflower County hospital in Indianola on Monday, April 1.

Rosary was said at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Coleman Funeral Home chapel in Indianola and mass was held Wednesday at 9 a.m. Burial followed in the Lexington cemetery.

Pickens was born and reared in Holmes County and had been an Indianola resident for six and a half years. He was associated with his brother, George Pickens, in the drug business. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, a member of the Knights of Columbus, was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Hilda B. Pickens; a daughter, Beth Pickens; a son, Charley F. Pickens, and his brother, all of Indianola.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 4
Lexington, MS
April 11, 1963

Family Relations of John Flanery Pickens

Parents:
John Elliott Pickens
Elizabeth Flanery Pickens

Siblings:
John Flanery Pickens
Agnes Carolyn Pickens

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