Provided by another contributor Oct. 2018:
Suggested edit: Services Sunday – Death Claims Bill Pickering: ROGERSVILLE (special) – Services will be held here tomorrow for William M. Pickering, Sr., 60, well-known Rogersville merchant and salesman, who was dead on arrival at Burge-Protestant Hospital, Springfield, about 4 a.m. Thursday. Brother of Greene County Assessor John Pickering, he apparently died following a heart attack. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church. Funeral home spokesmen said Mr. Pickering had returned home Tuesday from the hospital where he had been a patient since suffering a heart attack six weeks ago. He owned retail stores here and in Seymour and Huntsville, Ark., For 40 years he was a salesman for Ely-Walker Wholesale Dry Goods Company. Surviving are his wife, Bernice; a son, William M. Jr., Rogersville, ; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Lou Scott, Huntsville Ark.; his mother, Mrs. Sam Pickering, 958 East Delmar, Springfield; six brothers, John 1100 West Linwood, Springfield,, Guy, 1703 South National, Springfield, Raymond, Salem, Lloyd, Route 3, Springfield, Joe, San Angelo, Tex., and Paul, Kansas City; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Wood, Mrs. Helen Whisler, and Mrs. Louise Gamel, all of Springfield; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Kelley-Ferrell Chapel with the Rev. Paul Swadley and the Rev. William Markle officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield. [Springfield News-Leader Fri 26 Mar 1965 p 50]
Provided by another contributor Oct. 2018:
Suggested edit: Services Sunday – Death Claims Bill Pickering: ROGERSVILLE (special) – Services will be held here tomorrow for William M. Pickering, Sr., 60, well-known Rogersville merchant and salesman, who was dead on arrival at Burge-Protestant Hospital, Springfield, about 4 a.m. Thursday. Brother of Greene County Assessor John Pickering, he apparently died following a heart attack. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church. Funeral home spokesmen said Mr. Pickering had returned home Tuesday from the hospital where he had been a patient since suffering a heart attack six weeks ago. He owned retail stores here and in Seymour and Huntsville, Ark., For 40 years he was a salesman for Ely-Walker Wholesale Dry Goods Company. Surviving are his wife, Bernice; a son, William M. Jr., Rogersville, ; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Lou Scott, Huntsville Ark.; his mother, Mrs. Sam Pickering, 958 East Delmar, Springfield; six brothers, John 1100 West Linwood, Springfield,, Guy, 1703 South National, Springfield, Raymond, Salem, Lloyd, Route 3, Springfield, Joe, San Angelo, Tex., and Paul, Kansas City; three sisters, Mrs. Fern Wood, Mrs. Helen Whisler, and Mrs. Louise Gamel, all of Springfield; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Kelley-Ferrell Chapel with the Rev. Paul Swadley and the Rev. William Markle officiating. Burial will be in Maple Park Cemetery, Springfield. [Springfield News-Leader Fri 26 Mar 1965 p 50]
Inscription
PICKERING
WILLIAM M. SR.
JULY 9, 1904
MAR 25, 1965
JACK WM.
NOV. 19, 1932
DEC. 17, 1934
BERNICE
NOV. 17, 1905
SEPT. 23, 1995
Gravesite Details
Lot maintained all year round. Monument in very good shape.
Family Members
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Guy Homer Pickering
1898–1974
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Helen Hazel Pickering Whisler
1900–1975
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Fern Pickering Wood
1902–1971
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John Pickering
1906–1980
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Paul Clayton Pickering
1909–1978
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Mary Pickering
1909–1911
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Charles Pickering
1911–1912
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Raymond E. Pickering
1912–1981
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Martha Louise "Gracie" Pickering Gamel
1919–1998
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Lloyd E. "Pick" Pickering
1919–1984
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Joseph Eugene Pickering
1921–2003
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