Randolph County AlArchives Obituaries.....Pittman, James Madison, Jr. December 24 1911
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The Roanoke Leader 
obit 1


         JAS. M. PITTMAN, JR.,
              DIED LAST SUNDAY.

               James M. Pittman Jr., died at
          the home of his father in this place
          at 9 o’clock Sunday morning.   At
          noon Christmas day the body was
         interred in the cemetery at Lebanon,
         after funeral services conducted by
         D. Perry  Taylor, assisted   by
        Wm. R. Holder.   A quartette ren-
         dered appropriate music.    The
         church was well  filled with friends
         and relatives.  The interment was
         in charge of the Woodmen, but only
         a part of their impressive ceremony
         was used.
          The deceased was nearly 32
         years of age.   He had been afflicted
         for a number of  years with pul-
         monarv trouble, but always bore
         his afflictions with great fortitude
         and patience. He was regarded as
         an excellent young gentleman, not
         free from the frailties of the flesh,
         but possessing many admirable
         traits. His gentleness of charac-
         ter drew around him a large circle 
         of friends, who join in the bereaved
         family in lamenting his departure.
 
obit 2
                  

           PITTMAN.—James M. Pittman, Jr.,
         died at his father’s home in Roanoke,
         Alabama, December 24. 1911. Jimmie
         was in the Bible College at Lexington,
         Kentucky, during several sessions, and
         here he and the writer were very inti-
         mately associated. The deceased was
         popular with his college mates and all
         people who knew him, both in college
        and at home.  
             Our friend had been a long-time suf-
        ferer, though only thirty-two years of
        age. He no doubt felt that he had lived
        many times that number of years; so
        death came as a sweet relief.  Our Sym-
         patliy is extended to the bereaved par-
        ents and sister. May the Shepherd of
        his people be their stay is our prayer.
                                     D. P. Taylor.





Additional Comments:
These obituaries were OCRed from  clippings that were found in the house of an
elder relative. Although he was named "James Madison Pittman Jr" he was actually
the 3rd James Madison Pittman in his line; both his father and grandfather were
named "James Madison Pittman".  I think the first obituary most likely appeared
in "The Roanoke Leader". I am unsure about the source of the second obituary but
I suspect that it might be some church publication since James once attended
Bible college.

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