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OBITUARIES
Lafayette County Arkansas Genealogy Trails CARR, Rachael Maurine Burns PICKETT, G. B. Jr.  SHREVEPORT,
LA - Funeral services for MRS. RACHAEL MAURINE BURNS CARR, 85, of
Shreveport will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, September 9, 2002 in
Centuries Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be Dr. T. Floyd Davis,
Jr., pastor of Woodridge Baptist Church. Burial will follow in
Centuries Memorial Park. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. at
the funeral home.
Mrs. Carr passed away Friday, September 6, 2002 in Shreveport after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Lafayette County, AR where she was raised by her loving great aunt and uncle, Robert and Fannie Keoun. She had resided in Shreveport since 1937. She was a homemaker and a member of the Woodridge Baptist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star. She is preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Corrie Riddle Burns, her husband, James Davis Carr and brothers, Samuel Clifton and Elma Lamar Burns. Mrs. Carr is survived by two daughters, Janiene Carr Creel and husband Billy of Shreveport and Karen Carr Hogan and husband Randy of Dallas, TX five grandsons, Kevin R. Creel and wife, Shannon, Keith Creel, Kris Creel and wife Amy, Brian Young and Jeremy Young and also by five great grandchildren, Erik Young, Kendall Creel, Amber Young, Stacy Creel and Amanda Creel. Centuries Funeral Home --Times, The (Shreveport, LA) - September 8, 2002 G. B. PICKETT, JR. June 30, 1921 - March 25, 2002 Mr. Pickett was born in Bradley, AR, a descendent of Grady Bert and Nora Mae Glasgow Pickett and passed away Monday, March 25, 2002, in Birmingham, AL after a short illness. He spent much of his childhood in Lafayette County, AR. After graduating Springhill High School, Mr. Pickett entered into the U. S. Air Force during World War II. Shortly after his discharge from the Air Force, he founded Pickett Food Service, Inc. in Springhill, LA with headquarters being later moved to Shreveport. Doyle R. Pickett, Mr. Pickett's brother joined the firm as a co-owner shortly after it was founded. The company became one of the largest food service contractors in government and industry in the nation with operations from Kennedy Federal Center in Boston to Hickham Air Force Base in Hawaii. The company and its subsidiary, Pickett Industries, Inc., provided numerous contract services to government and industry. G. B. Pickett was also a founder of Coastal Towing with headquarters in Houston, TX. A couple of Mr. Pickett's more local attractions were the Hayride Kitchen north of Bossier City and the Lumberjack Cafe' in Springhill, LA. Mr. Pickett served as chairman of the Board of Springhill Bank and Trust Company and was a founder and charter director of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Springhill. He was a member of the Springhill United Methodist Church, a member of the Masonic Lodge #348 F&AM in Springhill, a Shriner and member of the El Karubah Temple in Shreveport, LA. Also, he was a member of the Scottish Rites and 32 degree Mason. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed all aspects of life with exuberance and thankfulness for each day. He will be missed greatly by all of his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mollie Pickett. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie Davis Pickett; daughters, Tracie Ann Pickett Campbell and husband, Ronny of Minden, LA and Shirley Jennings and husband, Jarvis of Springhill, LA; step-daughter, Alicia Haynes Kaufmann and husband Andy, of Birmingham, AL; son, Gregory Bryan "Bill" Pickett and wife, Cindy of Buffalo, WY; step-sons, Kenneth Drew Haynes and wife, Marguerite of Birmingham, AL, Robert Scott Haynes and wife, Gia, of Shongaloo, LA; sister, Dorothy Pickett Burke, of Springhill; a brother, Doyle R. Pickett and his wife, Pat of Shreveport; grandchildren, Greg Watkins and wife, Candy, Clint Campbell and wife, Jennifer, Shane Pickett and wife, Sondra, Hollie and Taylor Pickett; step-grandchildren, Abigail and Andrew Kaufmann, Claire Haynes, Slade and Haven; Cheryl Collins and husband, Raymond; Michael Jennings and wife, Emily, Gregory Jennings and wife, Tammy; great-grandchildren, Garrett B. Watkins, Zack, Chaz and Jacob Collins, Joshua and Silas Jennings and Josh Jennings. Serving as pallbearers will be Greg Watkins, Clint Campbell, Shane Pickett, Kenny Haynes, Robert Haynes and Andy Kaufmann. Honorary pallbearers will be H. D. Gray, Roy Fish, James Branch, Johnny Herrington, Don Reynolds, D'Wayne Potter and Ed Griffin. Bailey Funeral Home --Times, The (Shreveport, LA) - March 30, 2002 |