Union Cemetery

Pickett, Charles H


DIED: 19261031
AGED: 64
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City

OCCUPATION: Laborer

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BURIED IN UNION CEMETERY WITH THE SAME LAST NAME:
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OBITUARY ---------------

CHARLES H. PICKETT

Redwood City Standard

November 4, 1926

Charles H. Pickett, well known colored resident of Redwood City for many years, passed away at his home in South Redwood Saturday morning. Apoplexy was the cause of his death. Pickett was born in California and was 64 years of age. He was engaged in the garbage collection business here for a number of years and was highly thought by all who knew him. Two sons, Charles and Harry Pickett and two sisters, Mrs. Anne Burnett and Mrs. Carne Roberts and two brothers, James and William Pickett, survive. Interment in Union Cemetery.

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