A shekara ta 1952, Pickering ya auri Ariel Yvonne Thomas, wadda ya hadu da ita a matsayin fasto a garin Colorado, Texas.
Tabbas, mafi rikitarwa na jumla ita ce "A cikin 1952, Pickering ya auri Ariel Yvonne Thomas, wanda ya sadu da shi a matsayin fasto mai zaman kansa a Colorado City, Texas, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ma'aurata suka koma New Kensington, Pennsylvania, inda Pickering ya jagoranci Maranatha Bible Church. "