Robert Everett 'Paw' Pickering, 62, of Silsbee, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital in Beaumont after a brief illness.
Visitation will be Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Bible Baptist Church in Silsbee, TX, at 10 AM followed by a service at 11 AM, under the direction of Farmer Funeral Home.
A native of Kirbyville, TX, Robert lived with his wife, Peggy Odom Pickering, in Silsbee. Robert and Peggy would have celebrated their 30th Wedding Anniversary on March 25, 2013. Robert worked for Mobil Chemical LDPE plant for 27 years and for Triple S Industrial Inc. for 7 years.
Robert leaves behind a son, Robert W. Pickering and his wife, Rebekah H. Pickering, and three daughters, Annette Pickering Martin and her husband, Jason Martin, of Lumberton, Christi Pickering Crain and her husband, Richard Crain, and Rebecca 'Beki' Pickering, both of Silsbee.
He is also survived by three brothers: Dorman Pickering & his wife Martha of Corpus Christi, Joe Pickering & his wife Sandra of Buda, and Kenneth Pickering & his wife Patsy of Silsbee and sister-in-law, Mae Pickering of Kirbyville.
Paw will also be missed by his grandchildren: Cayla Crain, Zachary Crain, Victoria Hammond Pickering, Nicholas Pickering, Alexus Pickering, Sky Jackson, Kayla Martin, Kylie Martin, Jesse Martin, Benjamin Martin and two great grand daughters, Isabella Hammond-Pickering and Elizabeth Hammond-Pickering.
Robert is preceded in death by his parents, William Everett Pickering & Lavinia Addie Neely Pickering Lovell; and his brother Eric Wayne Pickering