BIG STONE GAP, VA - Well since you are reading this it must mean that I have gained my super hero powers, least that's what my surviving son Dacotah James Pickell, told his mom (my wife) Kristy Hood-Pickell, and his sister (my daughter) Montana Hood. It was a typical Wednesday night March 20, 2019, I was playing basketball (2nd only to golf) with the guys from East Stone Gap, when I was pulled from the ballgame by the Angel of Death and met my Creator.