I le 1952, na faaipoipo ai Pickering iā Ariel Yvonne Thomas, o lē na ia feiloaʻi i ai a o avea o se faifeʻau i Colorado City i Texas.
O le mea moni, o se faamatalaga e sili atu ona faigatā o le fuaiupu e faapea, "I le 1952, na faaipoipo ai Pickering iā Ariel Yvonne Thomas, o lē na ia feiloaʻi i ai a o avea o se faifeʻau i Colorado City, i Texas, ma e leʻi umi ae siitia atu le ulugalii i New Kensington, i Pennsylvania, lea na avea ai Pickering ma faifeʻau o le Maranatha Bible Church".