Victoria Pickard

PICKARD, Mrs. Victoria "Aunt Soot" - Age 88, passed away Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Hyde Park Memory Care. Family hour 10 a.m. Saturday, September 18, 2010 at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 1610 W. Pierson Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m., Pastor James Kennedy officiating. Interment Lovedale Memorial Cemetery, G-5175 E. Bristol Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Saturday. Mrs. Pickard will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 2-8 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Victoria Pickard was born September 10, 1922 in LaGrange, Georgia, the daughter of John W. Woodyard and Willie H. Clay. Mrs. Pickard was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. She enjoyed cooking for family and friends. Mrs. Victoria Pickard leaves to cherish her memory: son, William F. Pickard of Bloomfield Hills, MI; granddaughter, Mary Victoria Pickard of West Bloomfield, MI; godson, Jesse (Daisy) Johnson; step daughter, Annie Doris Witcher of LaGrange, GA; nieces, Mildred Pickard Dallas, Bernice Pickard Allen, Betty Mae Pickard, all of Livonia, MI, Deborah (David) Mitchell of Stone Mountain, GA, Terra “Mug” Woodyard and Elizabeth (John) Burnett, all of Flint, MI; great-niece, Kyla Parker of Detroit, MI; nephews, Judson (Donna) Pickard, Jr. of Cincinnati, OH, Paul (Kathy) Woodyard of Holt, MI and James Parker, Sr. of Tuscaloosa, AL; great-nephew, James (Michelle) Parker, Jr.; cousins, Leroy (Mary Joyce) Woodyard of Flint, MI and Jerome Woodyard, both of Flint, MI; daughter-in-law, Vivian Rogers Pickard; sisters-in-law, Beatrice Pickard of Cincinnati, OH and Ethel Woodyard of Ypsilanti, MI; a host of great nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends including special cousin and friend, Lois Thrash. Mrs. Pickard was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Henry Pickard; parents; 2 sisters, Corene Allen and Martha Campbell; 2 brothers, Paul and Charlie Woodyard; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Woodyard. The family would like to express special thanks to caregivers, LaQuanda, Tekoa, Vickie, Amanda, Sherion, Jean, Mary, Gloria, Debra Ann, Sophronia, Rita, Pat, Jan, Cora, Stella, and Kamilah, Dr. Sturm, Dr. Naik, Dr. Arnoff of U of M Hospital, Dr. Terry Gordan. Special thanks to Lisa Lindsay N.P. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, please send donations as follows: The Victoria Pickard Dementia Research Fund: U of M Dept. of Neurology, 1914 Taubman Center,1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5316 or Avalon Hospice, 2360 Stonebridge Dr., Flint, MI, 48532. Mrs. Victoria Pickard visitation may be viewed from 3p.m.-8p.m., Friday, September 17, 2010. Please click the link below: http://webcasts.lifetributes.com/163279

Victoria Pickard

September 10, 1922 - September 14, 2010