Robert Gerald Pickrell

Robert Gerald Pickrell, 57, of Phenix City passed away Monday morning at Columbus Hospice House. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am EDT Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City with Rev. Rob Goodman officiating. Private interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday night from 6-8 at the funeral home. Mr. Pickrell was born February 14, 1958 in Pisa, Italy to the late Isaac Rowe Pickrell and Barbara Carroll Pickrell. A longtime faithful member of Summerville Baptist Church, he worked at Phenix Foundry for 38 years before retiring and loved Auburn Football. Other than his parents, he is preceded in death by a brother, Glenn Allen Pickrell. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Janet Cook Pickrell; children Stacey Brown and husband Jay and Ryan Pickrell and wife Chelsey; grandchildren Brody Brown, Rebekah Brown and Isabella Pickrell; many nieces, nephews and extended family, and many caring friends.