Minister Rodrick B. “Pat” Pickett was a 1933 graduate of Bramwell High School and served for 50 years as the pastor of the Duhring Church of Christ in Duhring, WV.

BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH: — Minister Rodrick B. “Pat” Pickett, 92, of Route 1, Box 494-A, Bluefield, formerly of Duhring, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2006 at the St. Lukes Hospital in Bluefield.

Mr. Pickett was born on April 25, 1914 in Jenkins, Ky. to the late Andrew Pickett and Helen Gilmore Pickett. Mr. Pickett retired as a mine foreman after 45 years of service with the Eastern Gas and Fuel Company and served as pastor for the past 50 years, without compensation, at the Duhring Church of Christ in Duhring. He was a resident of Mercer County for most of his life, and he was a member of the Bluewell Public Service District as a commissioner. Mr. Pickett's main passions in life were preaching and teaching the word of God and his loving family.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Aileen Alice Johnson Pickett and two brothers, Alcot Pickett and Joe Pickett.

Survivors include one daughter, Myra Hedrick of Bluefield; two grandchildren, Rodrick Hedrick and wife Cindy of Shady Springs, and Donna Ray and David of Wichita, Kan.; four great-grandchildren, Sarah, Tim, Austin and Adam; one sister, Lana Thompson and husband Jim of Sanston, Va.; special caregiver, Margaret Nelson of Duhring.

Photo by Shirley Jarrett , BHS Class '51