"Dorset" Joann (Story) Pickens

Joann Pickens, known as “Dorset” age 73 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. A wake service is scheduled Sunday, January 8th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 9th at the Konawa Chapel.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.  Rev. Ed George will officiate.  Pallbearers are Bill Armstrong, Frank Armstrong, T.A. Larney, Harold Stone, James Payton, David Green, Darrell Armstrong, and Eric Cowan.  Honorary pallbearers are Scott Story, Cody Story, Malachi McCracken, Luke Cloud, Cliff Tinkler, Dean Walker, Damond Harjo, Bolo Harjo, and Ben Allford. Dorset was born on July 29, 1938 in Konawa to Burl Story and Maudy (Woods) Story.  She was a homemaker who loved her grandchildren, talking about old times, and telling her children what to do.  She also had a love for horses. She is survived by one son, Michael Story and wife, Monica from Holdenville, Oklahoma; three daughters, Judy Cloud of Ada, Oklahoma, B.J. McCracken and husband, Danny also of Ada, and Linda Cook of Carnegie, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Burl and Maudy Story; her loving companion of thirty-five years, Jerry Green; one sister, Christan Gibson; and four brothers, Roman, Amond, and Richmond Harjo, and Tony Gibson. Funeral Information: January 9, 2012, 2:00 PM Wake service 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8th @ Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel located at 217 N. Broadway, Konawa, OK 74849