Carol Joan Pickett Pritchard

Funeral Mass for Carol Joan Pickett Pritchard, age 73, of Mt. Airy will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 10:00 AM from the Saint Mark Catholic Church in Clarkesville. Fr. Abel Guerrero-Orta will officiate with burial to follow the service in Happy Valley Memorial Park in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Mrs. Pritchard passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Born in Wyandotte, Michigan on May 25, 1936, Mrs. Pritchard was the daughter of the late George and Hellen Ryan Pickett. Mrs. Pritchard was a homemaker and a member of Saint Mark Catholic Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son, Robert Pritchard.

Survivors include husband, John Pritchard of Mt. Airy; sons, Brian E. Pritchard of Prairieville, Louisiana, James R. Pritchard and Joel G. Pritchard both of Clarkesville; brother, Charles Pickett of Lovonia, Michigan; sister, Margare Wolney of Taylor Michigan; as well as five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at Hillside Memorial Chapel funeral home on Friday, March 26, 2010 from 6:00 â