Funeral service for Annie Beth Copeland Pickett, age 96 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. Dennis Kimmery officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery beside her husband Lawrence F. Pickett. Mrs. Pickett passed away Thursday morning at Donalson Care Center.
A native of Lincoln County she was the daughter of the late Andrew J. and Annie Mary Copeland. Mrs. Pickett was a retired nurse, member of the Church of Christ and the V.F.W. Auxiliary.
Survivors include son Gary Pickett of Fayetteville, daughter Faye Golden of Fayetteville, grandchildren Mike Pickett of Adairsville, GA and Faye Marie Gutjahr of Gurnee, IL, one great-granddaughter and one sister Lavonia Flichinger of OH.
Mrs. Pickett was preceded in death by two sons Ray and Doug Pickett.
Visitation with the family will be Saturday evening 4-6 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home.
Jerry M. Haney
on January 19, 2015 at 4:12 am
Dearest Annie Beth I Love You and will miss you forever and ever, you are and always will be the sweetest great aunt i ever had. There wont be a day that goes by that i wont think about how beautiful a woman that you really were. God Bless you darling Love Always Jerry Michael Haney !!
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Dearest Annie Beth I Love You and will miss you forever and ever, you are and always will be the sweetest great aunt i ever had. There wont be a day that goes by that i wont think about how beautiful a woman that you really were. God Bless you darling Love Always Jerry Michael Haney !!
I will always love you Aunt Annie Beth you will be missed dearly
Dearest Great Aunt, Annie Beth May you rest in peace in heaven and god bless all the memories you left here with me, those i will never forget. I will always Love and Miss you and Grandma Pickett. God Bless You Both Love Jerry M. Haney
Faye, Gary, and Families,
So sorry to hear about the loss of your mother. She was one of my favorite aunts.
Although, we went a long time without any communications, I am so glad that she reached out to us a couple of years ago. She wrote such beautiful letters. We were so impressed with her optimism, memory, and staying so busy at her age.
We still have a hand painted picture of a flower that she sent us last year.
May The Comfort Of Our Lord Jesus Christ
be with you all during this time of grief and in the months ahead.
Love,
Ben and Janet Copeland
Ms Annie was a dear sweet lady she will be greatly miss I can remember asking her at donalson ms annie you going out on the bus ride today and her answer would be I sure am honey I Love u ms annie rest in peace and walk in heaven now with all your would angels
i am so very sorry for your loss. I am glad you were both with her at the time of her passing. Truly a blessing that she went easily.
Prayers to you all.
Ms. Annie was my friend. I worked with her when I started my nursing career as a tech in 1979. I cared for her as a nurse at Donalson. We had many talks over the years. Both my daughter Faith and granddaughter Sherryann cared for her and Donalson. Ms.Annie loved us as much as we love her. I will never forget my sweet dear friend. RIP Ms. Annie. You will be able to walk in the garden once again…I love you…Annelle. ….
Faye and I were by her side as she passed. We were each holding her hands as she drew her last breath. She went so easy. And I thank God for that….I have thought alot about her life and that of my mother’s. They lost their own mother when they were so terribly young. Aunt Beth’s life had a lot of disappointments and a lot of heart break but it was just amazing to all of us who knew her and saw her through the difficult times, how her faith in God never wavered. She was a strong Christian woman. She read her Bible daily as far back as I could remember. She was responsible for me, Janice, and my mother as well becoming Christians. She enjoyed and loved life. She loved her friends. She enjoyed all the social events. (the true meaning of a “social butterfly”.) She adored and loved her children and considered us as her own as well. We are gonna have some adjusting to do without her. She loved her life at Donalson and adjusted really well at making that her home. She got to see friends every day. She played bingo, went to singings, on bus rides, and to hear the music at the Senior Building. She also worshipped with the Church of Christ when they came there. She talked on the phone, and watched her favorite show every day, The price is Right. She also wrote a lot of letters to people and sent cards for every occasion. The amazing thing that she did in her later years was to take up painting. She painted so many pictures and would enter them in the fair. Once she won a red ribbon!!! It was an honor for her to give a painting to those she loved. I for one among many, am gonna miss this wonderful, sweet woman. She became a mother to me after losing my own…..I will be looking for the phone to ring and miss her voice asking, “when are you coming?” Thank you , Aunt Beth, for being a big part of my life. I know you are in eternal peace with all the loved ones gone on before….and waiting for all the ones you left behind to join you . I will love you forever.
Annie Beth will surely be missed by all who knew and loved her. From our family visits in the 50’s till our visit with her last month her kindness and love was overflowing. We lost a family member but, God gained an Angel. Love and blessings to the rest of the family.
In Loving Memory of my dearest friend. We shared many happy times at the Corder’s Crossroads COC, Crossroads Store & Corder’s Crossroads HD Club. She was so special to me. She was sweet & kind to everyone she met. I loved you dearly. R.I.P Annie Beth. One of your girls, Linda
P.S. I tried to post the picture of her & the flowers at Corder’s Crossroads Schoolhouse from my FB but it want let me.
My dear sweet aunt annie
Beth , she was a God loving person. I get off work at 600 a.m. go by to feed her birds. I would look in her Window she would be reading the Bible . I would pick on the window she would look up and smile. And motion for ,
Me to come in. I would bring her a gravy and buscuit and sausage and buscuit. From hardee’s. Have a visit with her always welcome. She was full of fun no matter the time not much she did not know because she talk with lots of people. She left this world with no I’ll toward no man, she loved every one.she had some hard knock in this world it never left her bitter. She is in a place where there is love and joy and peace . She will see her husband and her sons and sisters . God rest your soul ..rip my special aunt i
until we meet on the far side of jordan
I will miss my aunt annie beth, when I work. 3rd shift I would sometime
Go by. To feed her birds she would be up reading. HER bible I w.ould pick on the window and she would look up and smile and motion for me to come in. I would bring her a gravy biscuit and a sausage and biscuit.she was a lady of faith, she experience great t pain while on this earth , but it never waver her faith in. God and her savior Jesus
CHRIST . SHE LEFT THIS WORLD WITH NO ANGRY OR HATE TO WARD NO ONE. S HE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE. FOR ANYONE TO FOLLOW. The love of God dwell within her heart. Love. You annie B
I truly loved her so and am sorry my life could not be so that I could have visited before now. Please know my heart is with you all in tears and sorrow… forever with love for you Aunt AnnieBeth & Daddy for he told me the childhood stories when I was wee little. My dear cotton pickin moonshinin family from Middle TN.
…~jacquelin copeland
Faye, Gary and family,
I am so very sorry to hear of Mrs. Annie Beth’s passing. She was such a sweet, sweet lady and enjoyed life to the fullest. My thoughts and prayers are with you today and in the days to come.
My aunt’s passing is sad but at least she is with her late husband Lawrence in God’s
Kingdom now. No more suffering & pains. I’m glad I got to see her about a month ago, she recognized me & we talked & she said ‘thank you for coming’. I had kept in contact by writing many letters & cards which she said helped keep her spirits up.To Gary & Faye, I’m sorry for the loss of your beloved Mother. I called Lavonia’s daughter, Linda Yoder, & left a message about he sisters passing.
Fay and Gary, sorry to hear about Annie Beth’s passing. She was a good coworker, friend, and patient. She is with your daddy now.