Roger Dale Pickering, 61, of Fulton, died at 8:05 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at his home.

Celebration of Life will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at Victory Fellowship Church in Fulton, with Pastor Jerry Spires officiating. Pickering Funeral Home in Mexico is handling the arrangements.

Roger was born April 14, 1958, in Fulton, the son of Guy Thomas Pickering Jr. and Florence Marie (Hopsecker) Pickering.

He was a graduate of Fulton High School. He enjoyed hunting.

Roger had worked as a welder at several places including Doolittle Trailer, the Auxvasse Rock Quarry, Callaway Nuclear Plant, and Danuser Machine Company.

He is survived by his mother, Florence "Dee" Pickering, Fulton; one son, Lucas Pickering, New Bloomfield; one brother, Larry Pickering, Millersburg; two sisters, Linda Elledge, and Lisa Brewer (Les), Fulton; three nieces, Tiffany Wynn (Zane), and Danielle Brewer, both of Fulton, and Ariela Pickering, of Higbee; three nephews, Brandon Brewer, Jason Clark, and Coty Pickering, all of Fulton; one great niece and two great nephews, Rylee, Rykin and Jayden.

He was preceded in death by his father; and one brother, Robert "Bobby" Pickering, one brother in law, Michael Elledge, and his grandparents, Guy and Betty Pickering, and Hershel and Minnie Hopsecker.