Pickett Moss Stanback

Mr. Pickett Moss Stanback, 88, died Monday, January 21, 2013 at First Health Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst. The family will greet friends from 1:00 to 2:00PM Thursday at Leavitt Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at Eastview Cemetery. DUE TO THE WEATHER, THIS SERVICE WILL NOW BE HELD AT LEAVITT FUNERAL HOME. Pickett was born in Anson County on August 8, 1924, one of nine children born to the late George Manly Stanback and Annie Leak Moss Stanback. He attended local schools and graduated from Wake Forest College with a degree in General Science. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity. Pickett was raised during the years of the Great Depression and knew full well the hardships brought about by this catastrophe. He was drafted into the US Army in January 1943 and served in the Air Corps as a radio operator gunner with 35 missions over France and Germany. He later served in the China-Burma-India Theater in a search and rescue outfit in the Himalayan mountains for several months. On February 4, 1950, Pickett married Annabel Allen, also a lifelong Wadesboro resident, and they had four children. He was preceded in death in 2004 by his beloved daughter, Louise Allen Hough (Woody). He was the last living of his eight brothers and sisters. Survivors incude his wife, Annabel, of the home; son, George M. Stanback II (Jocie) of Statesville; daughters. Julia Powell Russell (Ron) of Charlotte and Nancy Lambeth Harman (Ted) of Jackson Springs; grandchildren, Catharine Lambeth Hough Pfifer, Julia Allen Hough Tarlton (Stephen), Jason Moore Harman (Christin), Luke Lambeth Harman (Celeste), and Daniel Allen Harman; and great-grandchildren, Brittany Louise Phifer and Annalee Naomi Harman. Pickett was a member of First United Methodist Church and served on many committees and boards over the years. He joined the Bank of Wadesboro in 1952 and served over twenty-five years with the bank and its successors. He was instrumental in forming the Junior Chamber of Commerce and served on the Wadesboro City Council. Pickett had a great love of Anson County and traveled many of its roads more than once. Memorials may be made to the Anson County Historical Society, 206 E. Wade Street, Wadesboro, NC 28170. Leavitt Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadesboro.com.