TITLE:  John Henry Picking

SOURCE:  The News and Reporter

SUBMITTED BY: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jan 2003

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Mr. John Henry Picking, 83
GREAT FALLS — The funeral for Mr. John Henry Picking of 34 Walnut St. 
was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 6 at First Baptist Church. The 
Rev. Dr. Aubrey Floyd and the Rev. Larry Roberts officiated and burial
followed in Greenlawn Cemetery. Mr. Picking, 83, died Saturday, Jan. 
4, 2003, at Chester County Hospital. Born in Lincoln, Neb. on Jan. 4, 
1920, he was a son of the late Elton Ray Picking and Mary Elizabeth 
Schremser Picking. A member of First Baptist Church, where he served 
as deacon, Mr. Picking was retired from J.P. Stevens Company and was a 
graduate of North East High School in Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Picking was 
also a U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II. Survivors include his 
son, Jonathan Picking of Macon, Ga.; one grandchild; two 
great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Robert Picking of Sacramento 
and Bill Picking of Wildomar, Calif. He was predeceased by his wife, 
Annie Lee Temple Picking. Memorials may be made to First Baptist 
Church Building Fund, 606 Dearborn St., Great Falls. Dantzler-Baker 
Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, was in charge of 
arrangements. 
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