Obituary of Ellison Pickeral
Ellison Boyd "Pick" Pickeral, Sr., 73, of Rustburg passed
away Saturday, September 13, 2008
in Lynchburg General Hospital.
He was the husband of Sylvia Kepley Pickeral.
Born April 4, 1935
in Pittsylvania County,
he was the son of Amy Robertson Pillow of Hurt and the late Earl Pickeral. Mr.
Pickeral was a retired insurance agent with Life & Casualty and Combine
Insurance Companies and was active in local Democratic politics. He was an active member of Immanuel Baptist
Church.
He was preceded in death by his step-father, Robert L. Pillow.
In addition to his wife and mother, he is survived by his
children; Angela P. Martin and husband, Randy of Lynchburg, Donna P. Rakes and
husband, Charles of Rustburg, Robert Bryant Pickeral and friend, Tammy Newcomb
of Concord and Ellison Boyd Pickeral, Jr. of Rustburg; his sister Frances
"Sallie" P. Eades and husband, J. T. of Hurt, two brothers, Wayne Pickeral of
Decatur, GA and Bennie Pickeral of Danville and seven grandchildren: Tracy
Martin, Phillip Behrns, Ashleigh Pickeral, Trevor Wilson, Lindsay Pickeral, Davin
Pickeral and Alex Pickeral.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday at Diuguid Wiggington Chapel with the
Rev. Donnie Stevens officiating. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm in Gretna
Burial Park
in Gretna. The family will receive
friends from 7:00 until 8:30 pm today at the funeral home.
Those wishing to make memorial contributions please consider
Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund.