Funeral services for Gala Dianne Pickett, 58, will be held on Thursday, December 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Bro. Josh Gafford will officiate. Interment will follow the services at Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be held prior to the service on Thursday beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Gala passed away on Sunday, December 24, 2023, at Ascension Providence Hospital in Waco.
She was born on July 7, 1965, in Teague, and grew up in Teague and graduated with the Teague High School class of 1983. Gala worked for the Freestone County District Clerk’s office for several years before moving to Mississippi where she worked in the Choctaw County Tax Collector’s Office until moving to Malakoff, TX in 2011. She recently returned to Freestone County and was presently working at the Freestone County Appraisal District office. Gala was a member of the Freestone Cowboy Church.
She is survived by two sons, J. T. Orand of Haughton, LA, and Brady Ivey & wife Jennifer of Gluckstadt, MS; one sister, Lanett Waters & husband Ray of Buffalo; one brother, Cullen Pickett & wife Mandy of Fairfield; her step-father, Bill Rutherford of Teague; two nieces and two nephews, Heather Schultz & husband Jeremy, Ryan Utsey & wife Carmen, Masa Pickett, and Creston Pickett; numerous great-nieces and great-nephews; her aunt, Martha Hendon & husband George; numerous cousins and friends including special friends, Teresa Hejl, Jackie Nichols, and Trudy DeBorde.
Gala was preceded in death by one son, Colby Ivey; her mother, Dianne Rutherford; and her father, Asa Pickett.
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