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Ruth Malcolm Pickett

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J. Henry Stuhr Mount Pleasant Chapel

1494 Mathis Ferry Road

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Ruth Pickett Obituary

Ruth Malcolm Pickett MT. PLEASANT - Entered into eternal rest on the afternoon of March 13, 2011, Ruth Malcolm Pickett, widow of Dr. Otis M. Pickett, Jr. Residence, Mount Pleasant, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral service Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., in St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Mount Pleasant. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, Tuesday between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Pickett was born April 26, 1921, in Fort Totten, New York, the daughter of Dr. Robert Malcolm, US Army Major (Ret.) and Mary Elizabeth Murphy Malcolm. She was a graduate of Memminger High School and attended nursing school until the war brought her home to help care for her three nephews whose fathers were serving their country in World War II. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. She worked side by side with her husband at his practice in the Old Village on Pitt Street for forty years. They married in 1944, childhood sweethearts since 1936. Although inseparable from her beloved husband of fifty years, Ruth was a force of nature in her own right. Her sense of equity and justice, her penchant for giving great parties, her civic engagement, her love of music and indigenous flowers and plants, her fervent support of education, her sense of style, her role as matriarch of the family, which she took very seriously, endeared her to four generations of friends and family from Portland Oregon to Paris France. She is survived by one daughter: Lark Palma (Dan) of Portland, OR; two sons: Otis M. Pickett, III of Charleston, SC and Malcolm Douglas Pickett (Anne) of Paris, France; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, seven nieces, four nephews and many great-nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Lutheran Hospice, 900 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/ deaths

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier from Mar. 17 to Mar. 18, 2011.

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Greaton Sellers

April 11, 2011

Otis & Lark,
please email me @ [email protected] I am sorry that I couldn't make it down for the service. Hope all are dpoing well. Look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes- Greaton

March 27, 2011

I remember you all well living next door to you all on the Island and our fathers sharing office space at 109 Pitt St. Your father walked on water and your mother was always there to guide him across. Bless you all. Elizabeth Ward Paddock

Louise Tapio Huff

March 23, 2011

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

Greaton Sellers

March 22, 2011

Dear Cousins,
Sorry I am not in the Charleston area to extend my sympathy. Wish I could be there but please know that you are in my thoughts.
Otis, please give me a call- 843-819-3046. Tell Lark that I have been doing the fmily tree and have a lot of info on "ancestry.com". Would like to talk at some point.
Please know that I will be thinking about you all.
Greaton

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Peggy and Tom Thome

March 17, 2011

Miss Ruth was, indeed, the matriarch of the Pickett family. It was obvious from when we first met that she had earned deep respect from everyone who knew her. It was her boundless free spirit that made her thrive for so many years - a spirit that was matched only by her great care for others. Her caring nature was so much a part of her that you could read it in her eyes and all over her face without ever hearing her utter a sound or make a move. We consider ourselves blessed to have met Miss Ruth and to have a son-in-law who was raised within the realm of the wonderful matriarch - Ruth Pickett. May you find peace in knowing that the spirit of Miss Ruth lives on in all of you. Every Pickett family member we have met exudes her values and, in so doing, ensures that her legacy lives on - that her spirit remains with all of us who have the pleasure of living, laughing and loving a Pickett family member. May God bless you now, as He blessed us all, with the life of Miss Ruth.

Hedy Hodge

March 17, 2011

I will always remember your mom as Mrs. Dr. Pickett. I have many great memories of your mother that I will always cherish.She was a wonderful woman and a friend to anyone who ever met her. With my deepest sympathy.
Hedy Smith Hodge

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