Tiffiney Michelle (Pickett) Ryan

Tiffiney Michelle (Pickett) Ryan, 45, of Ullin, died Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019, at 12:38 p.m. at her home.        

She was born on April 19, 1974, in Nuremberg, Germany, the only child of Thomas and Lorita Dixon Pickett.  

Tiffiney and Richard “Rick” Ryan were married on June 29, 1996.  

She earned her master’s degree in business administration from Murray State University.  

She had worked as vice president of financial and campus operations at Shawnee Community College, where she had been employed nearly 20 years until illness forced her early retirement.  

She loved to travel, especially family Disney cruises and hot rod trips to the beach.  She could find interesting local eateries wherever the family traveled.   She also loved to travel to Las Vegas, as well as attending plays and shows, locally and at the Fox Theater. 

She is survived by her husband, Richard “Rick” Ryan; two sons, Colin Thomas Ryan and Blake Richard Ryan; her parents, Tom and Lorita Pickett; paternal grandfather James B. Pickett; Rick’s parents, Bill and Betty Ryan; sisters-in-law  Mary (Randy) Kessel and Vicki Allbritten (Matt Bremer); nieces and nephews Austin and Ryanne Kessel, Tristyn and Brooklyn Allbritten, Kellum and Tillie Bremer, other relatives and many friends.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Lula Pickett; and by maternal grandparents William and Catherine Dixon.

Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at Crain Funeral Home in Ullin, with Steve Heisner and Rob Betts officiating.  Interment was in Cache Chapel Cemetery.

Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.

Crain Funeral Home in Ullin was in charge of arrangements.

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