Beckham Co. OK - Obit for Dave Pickett
   
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   Dave  Pickett  was  born  May 19, 1887 in Freestone County, Texas near
   Walnut Springs and departed this life on January 30, 1960, at the home
   of his daughter, Mrs. Bessie Jones of Inglewood, California at the age
   of  72  years,  8  months and 22 days. He had been in ill health for a
   number of years.
   His  mother  passed  away  when he was 6 years old so he made his home
   with  an uncle R.L. Whinery and family. In 1898 he, with his uncle and
   family  moved to Oklahoma Territory and settled near what is now Burns
   Flat,  where  he  grew  to  manhood. He was converted and baptized and
   joined the Missionary Baptist church in 1905.
   He  met  and  married  Willa Estelle Bachel on December 10, 1907. They
   moved  to Roger Mills County in 1912 where they lived and raised their
   family  of  five  girls and one boy, with the exception of a few years
   when they lived in New Mexico.
   His wife preceded him in death in 1935.
   In  1953  his health became so bad he reitred from farming and went ot
   California  to  make his home with his daughters, where he was living
   at the time of his passing.
   His  children  are  Maudie  T. Gowdy and Bessie M. Jones of Inglewood,
   California;  Ruby  E.  Faubus, Pacoima, California; Roberta E. Mortan,
   Gardena,  California;  Jewell  A.  Jones, Vista, California and Neal A.
   Pickett,  Elk  City,  Oklahoma,  18  grandchildren and a host of other
   relatives and friends survive.
   Funeral  services  were  held  on  Feburary  4,  1960 at the East Side
   Baptist  Church  in  Elk  City  with  Rev.  H.P.  Elliott officiating.
   Committal  was  in  the Dempsey cemetery, Dempsey, Roger Mills County,
   Oklahoma under the direction of Martin-Hullum.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok