Clay County AlArchives News.....Pittard, Clay County Man Burns to Death in Forrest Fire March 2, 1953
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Anniston Star March 2, 1953
A Clay County man, trapped in a forest fire and burned to death Saturday, was 
buried yesterday. He was Robert H. Pittard, 63 of near Ashland. He is survived 
by his wife, Mrs. Edna Campbell Pittard; one son and one daughter. Mr. Pittard 
left his home about 10 o'clock Saturday morning to hunt for wild honey in the 
mountainous country about nine miles northwest of Ashland. When he had failed to 
return by 6 o'clock that evening his anxious family launched a search for him 
which was joined by about 100 residents of that community. Late Saturday night 
about 11 o'clock his badly burned body was found near the Campbell's crossroads 
community. He apparently was surrounded by the briskly burning forest fire. In 
his hand searchers found the burned remains of a piece of pine brush with which 
he had tried to fight off the flames. Only his rubber boots, had resisted the 
fierce blaze which had trapped and killed Mr. Pittard. Funeral services were 
conducted from the Campbell Springs Church of Christ at the Campbell Crossroads.

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