EDWARD MILES PICKENS

OBITUARY

MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF THE AGNEW FUNERAL HOME ANNOUNCE WITH HEARTFELT SYMPATHY THE PASSING OF MR. EDWARD MILES PICKENS, FORMERLY OF SAWYERVILLE, AL. THE SON OF MRS. MERCY BRYANT PICKENS AND THE LATE MR. ED PICKENS JR. AT AN EARLY AGE MILES WAS BAPTIZED IN JESUS NAME AND FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST. MILES ENJOYED LIFE. HE WAS AN HONOR STUDENT AT AKRON HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER ATTENDED ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHERE HE EARNED HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE AND SOON BEGAN HIS CAREER AS AN ENGINEER. HE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HE WAS BORN INTO GLORY AND DEPARTED HIS LIFE ON MAY 31, 2023, IN ATLANTA, GA., MILES LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS LOVING MEMORY A DEVOTED AND LOVING MOTHER MRS. MERCY PICKENS, (2) BROTHERS ERROL (SHERRIE) PICKENS A DEVOTED BROTHER AND BEST FRIEND JEREMY PICKENS, (3) SISTERS ALWARNA (JAMES) PASTEUR, CORA BRANTLEY, AND VERONICA (JEFFERY) RHODES-SIMMONS. (4) NIECES, (4) NEPHEWS, (2) GREAT NIECES, (1) GREAT NEPHEW (5) AUNTS, (4) UNCLES, A LIFETIME CHILDHOOD FRIEND TONY WOODS, AND A HOST OF CLOSE RELATIVES, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.

VISITATION

WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2023 AT 11:00 A.M. UNTIL 1:00 P.M. AT THE AGNEW FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL 1110 BAPTIST HILL GREENSBORO, ALABAMA 36744

CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD OF SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2023 AT  1:00 P.M. AT THE NEW PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH, GREENSBORO, AL. 36744 AND BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE PICKENS FAMILY CEMETERY IN SAWYERVILLE, AL. 

SUFFROGAN BISHOP LOVETTA LONG, OFFICIATING 

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