Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameRay Carl Pickler
Birth25 Feb 1938, Rowan County, NC
Death20 May 2014, Trinity Oaks, Salisbury, Rowan County, NC
Burial23 May 2014, Brookhill Memorial Gardens, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
FatherCarl Hall Pickler (1914-2000)
MotherGeneva Mary Bostian (1917-1978)
Spouses
Birth23 Aug 1939
FatherRaymond Gayhart Basinger (1906-1991)
MotherJulia “Lucille” Sides (1911-1988)
Marriage19 Jun 1960
ChildrenRay Carl (1962-)
 Jill Ann (1969-)
Birth31 Jul 1963, Rowan County, NC
Death17 Aug 2007, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
Burial20 Aug 2007, Brookhill Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Rockwell, Rowan County, NC
MotherBrenda Gail Brown (1945-2021)
Marriage31 May 2003
Notes for Ray Carl Pickler
Ray C. Pickler

ROCKWELL - Mr. "Ray" Carl Pickler, Sr., 76, of Rockwell, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury.

Ray was born Feb. 25, 1938 in Rowan County, the son of the late Carl Hall Pickler and Geneva Bostian Pickler.

Ray was a 1956 graduate of Rockwell High School, was owner and operator of Ray's Auto Sales and Body Shop and Ray's Scooter Shop in Rockwell. He attended Emmanuel Baptist Church, Salisbury, was an avid fisherman and loved to go to the mountains. He was a Mason.

In addition to his parents, Ray was preceded in death by his wife, Dana Leigh Pickler.

Survivors include son, Ray Carl "Jaybird" Pickler, Jr. and wife Vicki; daughter, Jill Pickler Platt and husband Ray of Salisbury; step-son, Justin Todd Gragg; step-daughter, Mandi Nicole Newton of Rockwell; sisters, Mary Stevens and husband Jack, Joan Brines and husband Doug and Patty Jane White of Concord; grandson, Cody Daniel Pickler; and great-grandchildren, Aubrey Pickler, Mason Whitley, Devin Furr, Madison Newton and Bradon Gragg.

Visitation: 11a.m.-12:45p.m. Friday, May 23, 2014 at Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell

Funeral Service: 1p.m. Friday, at the Powles Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Rev. Gene Sides, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Salisbury. Interment will be at Brookhill Memorial Gardens, Rockwell.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church, 2300 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, NC.

Powles Funeral Home of Rockwell, honored provider of Veterans Funeral Care is assisting the Pickler family.

Salisbury Post, 22 May 2014
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