~ IN MEMORY ~
Rebecca Crews Pickett, wife of DL Capt. Jeff
Pickett
April 24, 1943 ~ August 14, 2014
Word has been received with the passing of Rebecca ‘Becky’
Pickett, wife of Delta Golden Wings member and retired DL pilot Captain Jeff
Pickett. The family writes that Becky had battled cancer for two years. An
active mom/grandma/wife/hostess with the mostess, and with their 50th wedding
anniversary next month...we know Becky will surely be missed.
To view/sign the online guestbook please visit the funeral
home website at http://www.asturner.com/index.shtml Arrangements
have been entrusted to A. S. Turner and Sons funeral home of Decatur GA. The
obituary notes that services for Becky will be held on
Wednesday, August 20th at 1:30 PM at All Saints Episcopal Church, 634 West
Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA followed by a reception at the
church.
Survived by her husband Captain Jeffrey C.
Pickett, personal condolences may be sent to the family at
417 Clairemont Ave Unit 311 , Decatur GA 30030-5501 ...
(404) 270-9531
Thank
you,
~ Carol for the PCN
~ Carol for the PCN
Memorial blogspot http://pcnflightwest.blogspot.com/
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REBECCA CREWS PICKETT
Rebecca
(Becky) Crews Pickett of Decatur, GA passed on to the Lord after a two year
battle with cancer on August 14, 2014. She is survived by her husband Jeffrey
Pickett, children Jennifer Pickett Holt (Tom) of Griffin, GA and Brian Pickett
(Kelly) of Tyrone, GA. She is also survived by six beautiful grandchildren:
Caroline Holt Aiken (Thomas) of Macon, GA, Katherine Holt of Atlanta, George
Holt, Abbey Pickett, John (Jack) Pickett, and Hunter Pickett.
Becky
was the daughter of George W. and Virginia McNeny Crews whose roots were in
south-central Virginia. Her father was a railroad-man with the Southern
Railroad, and he was serving in North Africa when Becky was born on April 24,
1943 in Washington, DC. Becky was nearly three years old when her father
returned from the war seeing her for the first time. A railroad career moved the
family through the South until high school years in Charlotte, NC. She was a
leader and a scholar at East Mecklenburg High School, and she won entrance to
Duke University. She and Jeff were chemistry lab partners in high school, and
they had their first date soon after they both started college. Becky was an
outstanding student, and she graduated with a degree in English with honors.
Becky
and Jeff were married September 12, 1964, and they began life together in Chapel
Hill, NC as Jeff finished college. Duty in the US Marine Corps took Jeff and
Becky to Pensacola, FL and Jacksonville, NC. By the time Jeff left for Vietnam
in 1967 Jennifer had been born and Brian was on the way. Becky gave birth to
Brian in 1967, and she had to care for two small children until Jeff returned
home the following year. The family then moved to Meridian, MS to conclude their
military service.
The
Atlanta area became Becky’s home from 1969 to the present. Becky completed
course work for her degree at Agnes Scott College earning straight A grades. She
became a Master Gardener and was the President of the Georgia Master Gardeners
Association in 2000. She raised her two terrific children often in the absence
of Jeff who traveled extensively.
Becky
was the hostess of numerous Pickett gatherings, and she continued to have dreams
of having to cook countless meals for days on end. Those gatherings, though,
cemented a whole generation of our widely separated family. She became the best
friend of Jeff’s mother who, when widowed, moved to Atlanta bringing Jeff’s
grandmother along. She cared for both until their deaths. She was so good at
this that she cared for Jeff’s widower uncle for three years until his death.
The “Uncle John Years” were memorable. Becky’s parents also moved to the Atlanta
area and she continued to care for them over the years. Her mother, Virginia
Crews is alive today and mourns Becky’s death with all of us.
Becky
became a grandmother in 1989 and was a role model and educator of manners to
all. She was called “Gecky” by the children, and the term “Gecky-tize” became a
synonym for order and neatness.
Jeff
loved her deeply. She was his center, his orbital point, and his guiding beacon.
We will all miss her.
Services for Becky will be held on Wednesday, August 20,
2014 at 1:30 PM at All Saints Episcopal Church, 634 West Peachtree St. NW,
Atlanta, GA. A reception will follow in Ellis Hall at the church. A private
burial will be held at a later date.
A.S
Turner and Sons, Inc of Decatur, GA will direct. In lieu of flowers,
contributions to the American Cancer Society or All Saints Church would be
appreciated.
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