Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering's obituary , Passed away on August 7, 2025 in Gray, Tennessee

Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering

May 26, 1931 - August 7, 2025 (94 years old)

Gray, Tennessee

Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering's obituary , Passed away on August 7, 2025 in Gray, Tennessee

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Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering

May 26, 1931 - August 7, 2025 (94 years old)

Gray, Tennessee

Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering of Gray, Tennessee, who passed away at the age of 94, on August 7, 2025. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Joyce Love McKeehan Pickering to show support.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Luther Clyde and Laura Ruth Sims McKeehan; her husband Gerald Eugene "Gene" Pickering; and her siblings, Basil, James, Edwin McKeehan, Ruth Gouge, Charlotte McKeehan and Lois Willette.

She is survived by: her children, Beverly Pickering Anderson and Gary E. Pickering (Shelley); her siblings, Luther McKeehan (Beverly), Donald McKeehan (Chris) and Geraldine McKeehan; her siblings-in-law, David Willette of Birmingham, AL and Cathy McKeehan of Atlanta, GA; her grandchildren, Angie Anderson, April Edwards (Guynn), Andrea Anderson, Amanda Santos (Christopher), Lauren Pickering of Bowie, MD, Jackie Pickering of Berlin, MD and Danielle Carpenter (Tyler) of San Antonio, TX; and her great grandchildren, Anthony, Hagen Edwards, Makynna and Aiden Perry. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

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Appalachian Funeral Home & Cremation Services



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Appalachian Funeral Home & Cremation Services
800 E Watauga Ave, Johnson City, TN 37601

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Aug 28

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Appalachian Funeral Home & Cremation Services
800 E Watauga Ave, Johnson City, TN 37601

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Aug 28

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Mountain Home National Cemetery
53 Memorial Ave, Mountain Home, TN 37684

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