Lester Lee Bickett was born January 28, 1890, in New Jasper, Greene Co., OH, and died February 9, 1981, at Wesley Manor Health Center, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 91. He is the son of Daniel Dean Bickett Jr. of New Jasper Twp., Greene Co., OH, and Alice Lucretia Bales of New Jasper Twp., Greene Co., OH. Lester was a Methodist minister.

Emma Hazel Spahr was born July 11, 1887, in Xenia Twp., Greene Co., OH, and died August 21, 1960, in Glendale, Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 73.

Lester Lee Bickett and Emma Hazel Spahr were married April 6, 1916, in Shoshone Co., ID.

Lester Lee Bickett and Emma Hazel (Spahr) Bickett had four children:

1. Robert Dean Bickett: Born March 6, 1917, in Caldwell, Canyon Co., ID; Died November 10, 1999, at Sierra Vista Medical Center, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Co., CA (age 82). Buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside Co., CA. Married May 23, 1942, in Unknown, to Mary Laureen Unknown: Born January 8, 1918, in Unknown; Died August 23, 2010, in Unknown (age 82). Buried in Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside Co., CA. They had two daughters.
2. Esther Catherine Bickett: Born June 3, 1919, in Xenia, Greene Co., OH; Died April 9, 2006, in Logansport, Cass Co., IN (age 86). Married (1) 1937, in Indiana, to Joseph Burke: Born Unknown; Died Unknown. This marriage was annulled at the request of Rev. Lester L. Bickett, who said his daughter was a minor when she married Burke. Married (2) December 25, 1937, in La Crosse, LaPorte Co., IN, to Marion Wallace Beecher: Born September 10, 1916, in Fulton, Fulton Co., IN; Died April 5, 1988, in Royal Center, Cass Co., IN (age 71).
3. Paul Spahr Bickett: Born August 6, 1921, in Rossville, Clinton Co., IN; Died November 2, 2000, in Santa Paula, Ventura Co., CA (age 79). Married June, 1947, in Unknown, to Doris Elizabeth Dome: Born June 23, 1922, in Jackson, Kosciusko Co., IN; Died January 31, 2014, in Santa Paula, Ventura Co., CA (age 91). Two children, a daughter (Jan Bickett Roberson), and a son, Alan Dean Bickett, born about 1953, (and spouse, Jeanine Constance Barnes), of Fremont, CA, who were married August 10, 1974, in Orange Co., CA. Jordan Matthew Bickett (born about 1990, lives in Fremont, CA. Also Adam D. Bickett.
4. Ruth Elizabeth Bickett: Born July 25, 1925, in Remington, Jasper Co., IN; Died February 12, 2013, in Stuarts Draft, Augusta Co., VA (age 87). Married Unknown, to Roy Elbert Whited: Born August 10, 1923, in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN; Died January 8,2010, in Stuarts Draft, Augusta Co., VA (age 86).

Lester Lee Bickett then married Esther Irene (Fraley) Evans.

Esther Irene Fraley was born December 3, 1894, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery Co., IN, and died August 6, 1976, at Clinton County Hospital, Frankfort, Clinton Co., IN, at age 81. Buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.

TIMELINE

Emma Hazel Spahr was born July 11, 1887, in Xenia Twp., Greene Co., OH.

Lester Lee Bickett was born January 28, 1890, in New Jasper, Greene Co., OH.

Lester Lee Bickett and Emma Hazel Spahr were married April 6, 1916, in Shoshone Co., ID.

Emma Hazel Spahr died August 21, 1960, in Glendale, Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 73.

Lester Lee Bickett died February 9, 1981, at Wesley Manor Health Center, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ, at age 91.