Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Pittman, William Arthur July 1945
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The Nashville Herald, July 19, 1945
The Nashville Herald, July 19, 1945
Arthur Pittman Dies After Accidental Shot; Funeral Held Sunday
	William Arthur Pittman, 23, well-known citizen of Berrien County, passed 
away early last Friday morning at the Askew Memorial Hospital following an 
accidental pistol wound in the chest at noon of the previous day.
	Pittman, the son of P.L. Pittman of Nashville, was born and reared in 
Berrien County.  In 1940 he was married to Lena Lucille Parrish, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. S.W. Parrish of Nashville.
	The deceased was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army about two years 
ago after serving overseas.  At the time of this death he had been under 
treatment at the Veterans Hospital, Lake City, Fla.
	Funeral services were held at Pleasant Church Sunday afternoon at four 
o’clock.  Burial was in the church cemetery.  Rev. Shephard of Pavo, Rev. 
Herndon of Ray City, and Elders L.A. Hancock and L.L. Register of Nashville 
conducted the services.
	A trio composed of N.H. Harper, Frank Griffin, and Mrs. Merle Connell 
sang “Death is Only a Dream,” “Gathering Buds,” “When They Ring Those Golden 
Bells,” and “Happy Angel’s Band.”
	R.H. Watson, J.B. Boyett, J.W. Richardson, Weston Myers, M.B. Parrish, 
and John B. Parrish acted as pall-bearers.
	Besides the wife survivors include one daughter, Linda, aged two; the 
father and step-mother, Mr. and Mrs. P.L. Pittman of Nashville; three brothers, 
Thomas Lee Pittman of Jacksonville, Fla., Howard Pittman of the U.S. Navy, and 
Johnny Pittman of Nashville; two grandmothers, Mrs. W.B. Fountain of Nashville 
and Mrs. J.F. Whitney of Valdosta; one half-sister, Glenda Maye Pittman of 
Nashville; two step-brothers, Fred Williams of the U.S. Navy, and Cyril Williams 
of Nashville; and one step-sister, Mrs. Henry Allen Barrett of Nashville.
	The Giddens Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.


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