JIMMY FRANKLIN PICKETT of Henderson, age 70 passed away early Friday morning, October 18, 2019 at the Jackson Madison Co. General Hospital.
He was born and reared in the Finger Community of Chester County, son of the late Warren Grover Pickett and Emma Jean Robinson Pickett. He went to school in Chester County. In 1968 he joined the United States Navy and served on the USS Hancock CVA-19. He returned home in 1970, and he began driving semi trucks. He drove long hauls across the United States for many years. He loved going boating in his boat and he was an avid Tennessee Vols fan as well as an Atlanta Braves fan.
He is survived by his brother; Jerry Pickett and wife Eileen of Channelview, TX and two sisters Nancy Lee, of Morristown, TN and Annette Berryhill of Henderson, TN and a very close first cousin and caregiver, Carolyn Mayfield of Henderson, as well as several Nieces and Nephews.
He is preceded in death a brother Ronnie Pickett in 1968 and two sisters;
Margaret Ann Thomas in 2010 and Sharon Pickett in 2007.
Funeral Services will be 2:30 pm Sunday at the Shackelford Funeral Directors Crook Avenue Chapel with burial in the Cabo Cemetery in Enville.
The family will receive friends from 12 noon to 2:30 pm on Sunday at Crook Avenue.
Shackelford Funeral Directors of Henderson
Crook Avenue Chapel
731-989-2421