JOHN PICKETT DIES NEAR WAYNETOWN AFTER LONG ILLNESS ______________ WELL KNOWN AND PROMINENT FARMER WAS BORN IN OHIO — FUNERAL TUESDAY ___________________________ Waynetown, Dec 29 — John Pickett, a well known and prominent farmer living five miles south of here, died at 11:30 o'clock on Sunday night after having been ill for two years and seriously sick for three weeks from complications. Mr. Pickett was born in Ohio on September 5, 1858, the son of Samuel and Charlotte Craig Pickett. He married Georgia A. Pearson on February 22, 1907. He is survived by his wife, a son, Leslie, fourteen years of age; a brother, William Pickett, and a sister, Mrs. Nelson Rush, both living in Alamo. Funeral services will be held from the home at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and will be in charge of Rev. John Servies. Burial will be in the Alamo cemetery. ~Crawfordsville [Indiana] Daily Journal, Monday, 29 Dec 1924, page 1 column 1. Transcribed by Suzy Wert **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)