Pickens obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Name,  date of obit,  date submitted,  submitted for the USGenWeb Archives by:

Pickens, Donald Wayne              29 Jul 2011    Jul 2011    Jerry Nelson
Pickens, Ella Sara O'Neill         22 May 2005    Jun 2005    Jerry Nelson

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Obituary published in the Hammond Daily Star on: 7/29/2011

PICKENS, DONALD WAYNE "DONNIE"
A resident of Amite, he died at 6:20 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 
Hood Memorial Hospital in Amite. He was born December 14, 1947 in 
Alexandria and was 63 years of age. He served as a helicopter pilot for the 
U.S. Army during Vietnam and was a retired Lieutenant of the Monroe Police 
Department.  He is survived by his wife, Leann Yarbrough Pickens, Amite; 2
sons, Jamey Pickens and his wife, Roz, Murfreesboro, TN and Scott Pickens 
and his wife, Ashley, Kentwood; 4 grandchildren; mother, Kthleen Gregg 
Pickens, Baton Rouge; sister, Pamela Davis, Denham Springs; brother, Gregg 
Pickens, Kinder; 5 nieces and 1 nephew.  Preceded in death by his father, 
Charles L. Pickens; nephew, Gregg Owen Pickens; mother-in-law, Agnes Rhodes. 
Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society or St. Jude 
ChildrenŐs Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
McKneely Funeral Home, Amite, in charge of arrangements. For an online 
guestbook, visit http://www.mckneelys.com.

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge):  5/22/2005

PICKENS, ELLA SARA O'NEILL 
A loving and dedicated mother, grandmother and sister, Ms. Ella Sara
O'Neill Pickens passed away Saturday, May 21, 2005, at North Oaks Medical
Center in Hammond at the age of 90. She was a native and resident of
Hammond. Ms. Ella was a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University and
retired from the Morning Advocate newspaper in Baton Rouge. She was a
member of Woodland Park Baptist Church, Eastern Star and United Daughters
of the Confederacy. She was also a volunteer for the Head Start Program.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Eddie and Chase Crothers
Pickens, Metairie; two grandsons, David Pickens, Dallas, and Sam Pickens,
Metairie; and a sister, Lillian Stanton, Metairie. Her husband, John Edward
Pickens, precedes her in death. Visiting at Geisler Funeral Home, Hammond,
Monday, May 23, from noon until religious service at 2 p.m., conducted by
the Rev. Leon Dunn. Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery. 

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