Obituary of Melvin Pickle, Mississippi Co, AR

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(Osceola [AR] Times; January 7, 1984)

Melvin PICKLE, farm laborer of Bassett, died Thursday, Jan. 12 at
Osceola Memorial Hospital. He was born April 11, 1924 at Fulton, Miss.
and was 59.

Mr. PICKLE leaves his wife, Mrs. Loretta PICKLE of Bassett; his mother,
Mrs. Clara PICKLE of Golden, Miss.; six sons, James PICKLE and Jerry
PICKLE,, both of Orlando, Fla., Gerald PICKLE of Frankport, West
Germany, Melvin PICKLE of Bassett, Jesse PICKLE of Marie and David
PICKLE of Dyess; two stepsons, Carl SIMPSON and Charles SIMPSON both of
Bassett; five daughters, Mrs. Jessie BLACKWELL, Mrs Tessie WEST and Miss
Tammy PICKLE, all of Dyess and Mrs. Judy BELL and Mrs. Elizabeth BELL,
both of Bassett; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Sherry YARBOROUGH of Osceola; five
brothers, Robert PICKLE, A.W. PICKLE, and Calvin PICKLE, all of Golden,
Miss., Delbert PICKLE of Grand Prairie, Tex. and Bobby PICKLE of
Alabama; one sister, Mrs. Sybil AMORY of Chicago, Ill. and numerous
grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Jan. 15 at the First Baptist
Church in Wilson. Interment was in Mississippi County Memorial Gardens
with Swift Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.