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Martha Jean <I>Austin</I> Pickard

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Martha Jean Austin Pickard

Birth
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Dec 2013 (aged 78)
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 20 B
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GREENSBORO -Wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend Martha Austin Pickard passed away on December 28th at the Beacon Place Hospice Center. Service will be conducted by Rev. Joel Locklear and Rev. Jean Nail at 1 p.m. at Glenwood United Methodist Church on Saturday January 25th where she was a member since 1947. Burial will follow at Guilford Memorial Cemetery at 2 p.m.

She was born to the late EC and Ada Austin on November 15, 1935 in Concord, NC. She was preceded in death by husband Aubrey Neil Pickard, father EC Austin, mother Ada Austin Jessup, stepfather W.O. Jessup, father/mother-in-law Weldon and Laveene Pickard and sisters-in-law Phyllis Pickard and Peggy Nigro.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Todd and Angie Pickard of Lawrenceville, GA. She has 4 wonderful grandchildren, Connor Pickard a sophomore at Clemson University, Maddie Pickard of Duluth GA where she is a high school sophomore, Brad Jenkins and his wife Kaleigh of Hoschton GA, Brittany Fitch and her husband Caleb of Anchorage AK and one great granddaughter Avery Fitch. She has one sister and brother-in-law Tony and Ann Short of Winston Salem, NC, two nieces Lisa Hobbs of New Fairfield, CT and Annette Hodges of Sarasota, FL, one great niece Michele Anderson of Cumming, GA and two step-sisters Billie Pegram of Edwards, MO and Margaret McClellan of Greensboro, NC.

She retired from Burlington Industries after 40+ years of service. She volunteered for many years in the Pulmonary Clinic at Moses Cone Hospital until she was unable to continue. This service was extremely important to her as she gave back to those that had helped her so much.

Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Wednesday, January 22, 2014


GREENSBORO -Wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend Martha Austin Pickard passed away on December 28th at the Beacon Place Hospice Center. Service will be conducted by Rev. Joel Locklear and Rev. Jean Nail at 1 p.m. at Glenwood United Methodist Church on Saturday January 25th where she was a member since 1947. Burial will follow at Guilford Memorial Cemetery at 2 p.m.

She was born to the late EC and Ada Austin on November 15, 1935 in Concord, NC. She was preceded in death by husband Aubrey Neil Pickard, father EC Austin, mother Ada Austin Jessup, stepfather W.O. Jessup, father/mother-in-law Weldon and Laveene Pickard and sisters-in-law Phyllis Pickard and Peggy Nigro.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Todd and Angie Pickard of Lawrenceville, GA. She has 4 wonderful grandchildren, Connor Pickard a sophomore at Clemson University, Maddie Pickard of Duluth GA where she is a high school sophomore, Brad Jenkins and his wife Kaleigh of Hoschton GA, Brittany Fitch and her husband Caleb of Anchorage AK and one great granddaughter Avery Fitch. She has one sister and brother-in-law Tony and Ann Short of Winston Salem, NC, two nieces Lisa Hobbs of New Fairfield, CT and Annette Hodges of Sarasota, FL, one great niece Michele Anderson of Cumming, GA and two step-sisters Billie Pegram of Edwards, MO and Margaret McClellan of Greensboro, NC.

She retired from Burlington Industries after 40+ years of service. She volunteered for many years in the Pulmonary Clinic at Moses Cone Hospital until she was unable to continue. This service was extremely important to her as she gave back to those that had helped her so much.

Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Wednesday, January 22, 2014




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