CHARLESTON -- William C. Bickford, 46, of Lake Worth, Fla., died Tuesday, June 18, 1991, at John F. Kennedy Hospital there.
He was born Dec. 18, 1944, in Charleston, son of William Clinton and Frieda Mae Pemberton Bickford. He and Frances Cavzos were married April 17, 1964.
Bickford had lived in Lake Worth six years. He was a ceramic tile contractor, retiring due to ill health. He was a member of Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Rosemary Bickford of Lake Worth, Donna Pemberton of Diehlstadt, Frieda Bickford of Boynton Beach, Fla.; three brothers, Dewey "Sonny" Bickford of Bertrand, Charles Bickford of Lexington, Tenn., Brian Bickford of Charleston; 10 sisters, Rosey McConkey and Mary Parker of Bertrand, Lola McCollom of Sikeston, Lucille Girmine and Jane Ragland of Louisville, Ky., Barbara Parden and Patricia Butrum of Charleston, Janet Barkman of Lee, Fla., Brenda Simmons of Salt Lake City, Utah, Margaret Bank of Datto, Ark., and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter and sister.
Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Henry's Catholic Church. The Rev. Raymond Kunkel will officiate, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery near here.
Friends may call at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston after 5 p.m. Sunday.
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