'58 classmate Don Hanna reports that our overlapping-classmate Neal Yarborough Pickett (Lamar '57) died Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in Brookshire, Texas at the age of 78. (Obituary and guest book at http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?n=neal-pickett&pid=185667875&fhid=12927.)
As the obituary mentions, Neal was a Vietnam War veteran (Captain, US Army), as well as a graduate of Lamar University (Beaumont) and of the University of Houston Law Center.
A visitation and funeral service were held in the East Avenue Chapel of the Schmidt Funeral Home in Katy, TX (where Neal lived his last seven years) Saturday, Jun. 3, followed by a graveside service that same day at the Brazoria Cemetery in Brazoria, TX.
As the obituary mentions, Neal was a Vietnam War veteran (Captain, US Army), as well as a graduate of Lamar University (Beaumont) and of the University of Houston Law Center.
A visitation and funeral service were held in the East Avenue Chapel of the Schmidt Funeral Home in Katy, TX (where Neal lived his last seven years) Saturday, Jun. 3, followed by a graveside service that same day at the Brazoria Cemetery in Brazoria, TX.