Obituaries:  Mr. George Kilmer Pickler, Sr., Sabine Parish       P-246
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 17, 1993
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. George Kilmer Pickler, Sr.

  Services for Mr. George Kilmer Pickler Sr., 97, were held at 2
p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14, 1993, at the Bailey Mortuary Chapel in
Springhill Cemetery.

  Mr. Pickler, a native of Taylor, Ark., former resident of
Springhill, and a resident of Zwolle for 18 years, passed away
Friday, Nov. 12, in Zwolle, after a short illness. He was a
businessman in Springhill for 25 years, where he owned and
operated the Pick & Pay Grocery. He was one of the founders of
the Springhill Bank & Trust Co., and was a member of the
Springhill United Methodist Church. Mr. Pickler was a veteran of
World War I, serving in the U.S. Army, a Mason, and member of the
Hughey Masonic Lodge #70 F&AM, Taylor, Ark.

  Survivors include his wife, Ruth Pickler of Zwolle; daughter,
Elizabeth P. Bell of Springhill; son G. K. Pickler Jr. and his
wife Ruby of Bienville, La.; stepdaughter, Margaret Cutchins
Martin and her husband Muriel of Dallas, Tex.; two step sons,
Doyle DeWitt and his wife Etoile of Zwolle, Edward DeWitt and his
wife Pat of Shreveport; two brothers, Eddie Pickler and his wife
Dorothy, Wayne Pickler and his wife Murrah, all of Taylor, Ark.;
five sisters, Lydia Watts of Houston, Tex., Vesta Clements of
Atlanta, Tex., Willa Dean Hom of Stamps, Ark., Elizabeth Stuart,
and Margaret Knight, both of Taylor, Ark. He was blessed with
many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great
grandchildren.