Debra Jean Bickley

Debra Jean Bickley, age 71, of Knoxville, Tennessee, passed away surrounded by family on November 10, 2026.

She retired from the USPS as a Postal Worker, but her real life was her family. She was a “momma bear” of sorts to everyone she knew.

Some of her favorite pastimes were gardening and hanging with friends and family. She loved to grow day lilies and irises and flowers of all sorts. She also enjoyed hanging with friends and family at the mountains or even at home playing a game of cards. She was easy going and often spent time eating dinner family and sitting around a fire. She loved holidays and creating any kind of craft known to man. She also loved making fudge and baking cookies around the holidays. She loved her family and spending time with them wherever they were.

She had a special bond with her grandchildren, Madison and Cade, and she loved her new great grandsons, River and Keaton so much. 

She was preceded in death by her father, James Burkhart; 2-year-old baby brother, Billy Burkhart; mother, Barbara Burkhart; and brother Ronald Burkhart. 

She is survived by her daughters, Crystal McAlvin and Sarah Randles; grandchildren Madison and Cade; and great- grandchildren River and Keaton.