Robert Eugene Pickering, I

1915 - 1968  (53 years)

• Name	Robert Eugene Pickering
  Suffix	I
  Birth	9 Jul 1915	New Market, Shenandoah Co., VA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Sep 1968	White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., WV   [2]
  	Cause: gunshot, left chest
  Burial	8 Sep 1968	Rosewood Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV   [1]
  Person ID	I36321	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2014

  
  

  Family	Margaret Louella "Peg" Hunter,   b. 14 Apr 1924, Maxwelton, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 9 Jan 2006, Fairlea, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	18 Jun 1949	Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV   [3]
  Children	1. Mary Lou Pickering   2. Randolph Stephen Pickering   3. Margaret Sharon Pickering   4. Gary Lee Pickering   5. Danny Ray Pickering   6. Robert Eugene Pickering, II
  Family ID	F12837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  Beckley Post-Herald, 6 September 1968 Wife Held In Slaying LEWISBURG (RNS) - Mrs. Margaret Pickering, 44, of White Sulphur Springs has been charged with murder following the fatal shooling of her husband, Robert E. Pickering, 53, Thursday afternoon, according to Sheriff Eugene Spence. Spence said the shooting occurred about 3 p.m. at the couple's home on Alvon Road and apparently stemmed from a family argument. Mrs. Pickering is in the Greenbrier County Jail at Lewisburg and a preliminary hearing is scheduled today. Pickering's body is at Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs. Register and Post-Herald, Beckley, WV, 7 September 1968 Robert Pickering Dies Of Wounds WHITE SULPHUR (RNS) - Robert Eugene (Bob) Pickering, 53, of White Sulphur Springs died Thursday afternoon at his home. Born near New Market, Va., July 9, 1915, he was a son of the late Thomas and Polly Jane Reed Pickering. He attended the Methodist Church, was a veteran ot World War II, and was employed by the Neilhouse Hotel in Columbus, Ohio and previously had been employed by the Greenbrier Hotel. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Hunter Pickering; four sons, Randolph Stephen, Gary Lee, Danny Ray and Robert Eugene II, all at home; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Lou Pickering Miller of Covington, Va., and Miss Margaret Sharon, at home and two brothers, John Richard of Lewistown, Mont., and William R. (Pete) of Lewisburg. The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Emmanuel Methodist Church at White sulphur Springs with Rev. Douglas Sheppard in charge. Burial will be in Rosewood Cemetery at Lewisburg with military rites. The body will remain at the Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Springs where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. today. Pallbearers will be Pete Alderman, Bill Wilson, James (Bud) While, Earl Rumyon, Robert Burgess, Gary Fitting, George Kattis, and Charles Vallandingham.

  
  

• Sources

  [S865] Obituary: The Beckley Post-Herald and Register. [S539] Greenbrier Co., WV DB 1949-1973. [S565] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 23, page 102 (Reliability: 3).