Kathryn Kendall Buckley Pickens

Kathryn Kendall Buckley Pickens died peacefully at Arkansas Baptist Hospital on January 15, 2014. She was born in Arkadelphia to J.O. Buckley and Frances Kathryn DeLamar Buckley on August 26, 1944. She is survived by her children, John Marshall Pickens and his wife, Karen; Kendall Lynne Pickens Jacobs and her husband, John; and Andrew Buckley Pickens; grandchildren, Stephen Andrew Pickens, Lillian Buckley Jacobs, Helen Kendall Jacobs, and Olivia Nola Pickens and Andrew Thrash Pickens; her brother, J.O. Buckley; and devoted friend and caregiver, John Leftwich. She lived for a period in Pickens where she became the first female Chairman of the Board of the First United Methodist Church and volunteered her time at The Jodie Partridge Center, a special education school in Dumas. In the early 1970's she moved to Little Rock and became a pioneer of the restoration movement in the Quapaw district of downtown Little Rock with her business, Restoration Associates, rescuing several historic homes from ruin. A passionate volunteer, Kenny gave her time to the Arkansas Arts Center. She will be remembered for her generous hospitality and friendships, brilliant creativity, culinary genius, and her grand sense of humor. A gathering of friends and family to celebrate her memory will be held on Sunday, 3 p.m., January 19, at the home of Mary Sue and Johnny Jacobs at 1 Sunset Drive in the Cammack Village neighborhood of Little Rock. Memorials may be made to the Central Arkansas Rescue Effort for Animals (C.A.R.E) or Out of the Woods Animal Rescue. Please visit www.cremationsofarkansas.com for online condolences and guest register.