- Date Of Birth: April 24, 1926
- Date Of Death: March 26, 2013
- State: Indiana
Jewell Verdell Pickens, 86, of Elkhart, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at her residence. She was born April 24, 1926, in Morris Chapel, Tenn., to Gilbert J. and Florence (Johnson) Newman.
On Jan. 1, 1946, she married the late Floyd H. “Bill” Pickens, who passed away on December 21, 1998.
Survivors include three sons, George L. (Kathy) Pickens of Bristol, James E. (Delores) Pickens of Elkhart, and Roger D. (Cindy) Pickens of Mishawaka; daughter Wanda (Jerry) Jele of Longmont, Colo.; three grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; one great-granddaughter; one great-grandson; and two great-stepgrandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Roxie Lee McCullough, and a brother, Aulsey Edward Newman.
Jewell was a lifetime member of Elkhart County Community Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing and listening to bluegrass and gospel music, sewing, crocheting, canning her garden vegetables, and reading her Bible.
