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Ellis Franklin “Milo” Pickering

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Ellis Franklin “Milo” Pickering

Birth
Murchison, Henderson County, Texas, USA
Death
29 Sep 1963 (aged 55)
Murchison, Henderson County, Texas, USA
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Enlisted as private in U.S. Army, World War II, on January 7, 1943 at Tyler Texas. Enlistment record states he was by occupation a bus or truck driver.

From Wayne Smith:
Published in the Athens Review October 3, 1963
Ellis F. Pickering, 55, died suddenly at 6:15 a.m. Sunday at his home in Murchison.
He was a life-long resident of Henderson County, and was born in Murchison November 29, 1907. He worked for E.W. Hable Construction Co. as a heavy machinery operator. He and Miss Patsy Griffin were married on November 20, 1939.
Mr. Pickering is survived by his wife, one son, Paul Ray Pickering of Garland; two brothers, Arch Pickering of Fresno, California and Raymond Pickering of Erghil, Turkey; two sisters, Mrs. Vernon Weatherly of Murchison and Mrs. Kate Splawn of Brownsboro; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Murchison First Baptist Church with the Rev. Olin Cantrell and the Rev. Fred Smith officiating. Burial was in Red Hill Cemetery with Carroll and Lehr in charge.
Contributor: Wayne Smith (47181024) •
Enlisted as private in U.S. Army, World War II, on January 7, 1943 at Tyler Texas. Enlistment record states he was by occupation a bus or truck driver.

From Wayne Smith:
Published in the Athens Review October 3, 1963
Ellis F. Pickering, 55, died suddenly at 6:15 a.m. Sunday at his home in Murchison.
He was a life-long resident of Henderson County, and was born in Murchison November 29, 1907. He worked for E.W. Hable Construction Co. as a heavy machinery operator. He and Miss Patsy Griffin were married on November 20, 1939.
Mr. Pickering is survived by his wife, one son, Paul Ray Pickering of Garland; two brothers, Arch Pickering of Fresno, California and Raymond Pickering of Erghil, Turkey; two sisters, Mrs. Vernon Weatherly of Murchison and Mrs. Kate Splawn of Brownsboro; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Murchison First Baptist Church with the Rev. Olin Cantrell and the Rev. Fred Smith officiating. Burial was in Red Hill Cemetery with Carroll and Lehr in charge.
Contributor: Wayne Smith (47181024) •

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