The funeral for Royce Pickens, 71, will be 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 5,
2009, at Mount Olive Baptist Church, Woodford. The Rev. Fred Johnson
will officiate. Burial will be in Hickory
Cemetery , Woodford.
Arrangements at by Russworm Funeral Home,
Enid .
He was born Jan. 18, 1937, in Springer to Everett and Jenny
Pickens and died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at Northwest Speciality
Hospital, Enid .
He attended Central High School, Milo, and has been a member
of Woodford Mount Olive Baptist Church from an early age. He worked
at Wilson Packing Co. prior to marrying Lu Ella.
He later moved to Portland, Ore., where he married Leona
Johnson. He later moved to Enid
where he became a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in 1987
and worked at Vance Air Force Base commissary.
Surviving are two sons, Bryan Pickens of
Enid and Royce Jr. "Junior"
of Ardmore; two daughters, Deborah Williams and Roslyn Datson of
Ardmore; four sisters, Juanita West, Amanda Crawford, Betty Spencer,
of Enid , and Mary Baxter of
Albuquerque, N.M.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sons, two brothers and two
sisters.