Ira Y. Bicknell Jr.

Bicknell

Services for Ira Y. Bicknell Jr., 86, of Pittsburg, will be held May 11 at Erman Smith Funeral Home with Scott Darby officiating. Interment will be in Spring Hill Cemetery in Titus County.

Mr. Bicknell was born Oct. 3, 1926, to Ira Young Bicknell Sr. and Wayvalyn Schuler Ekstrom in Shreveport, La., and died May 8 at Margaret’s House in Longview. He was a rancher, Merchant Marine in World War II, banker, cashier and vice president of the National Bank of Daingerfield. He also worked for the Texas Forest Service and the accounting department at Lone Star Steel.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Joanne Russell Bicknell, and his parents.

Mr. Bicknell is survived by his wife, Mozelle Bicknell of Pittsburg; his son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Rhoda Bicknell of Pittsburg; step daughter, Mary Ann Barton; grandchildren, Mathew Bicknell of Mount Pleasant and Jason and Roxanne Bicknell of Kansas City, Mo.; three brothers; and one sister.

Pallbearers were Mathew Bicknell, Jason Bicknell, Zack Valdelamar, Robert Roge, Jon Gaskamp and John Showalter. Honorary pallbearers were James Walker, Gerald Turner, Ron Nelson, Marvin Fox and Ralph Cly.

Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Cason or Beacon Hospice of Longview.

Online condolences may be left at www.ermansmithfuneralhome.net.