Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries Cecil Bouchelle Pitts 1998 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Cecil Bouchelle Pitts as written in "The Albany Herald" dated 18 Dec 1998. Albany, Georgia. Cecil B. Pitts, 86, of 2122 Edgewater Drive died Wednesday at Phoebe Putney Hospital. The funeral will be at 3:30 PM Saturday, 19 Dec 1998, at Kimbrell-Stern with burial in Crown Hill Cemetery wit Masonic Rites. The Rev Dr. James M. Ramsey will officiate. A native of Waycross, Mr. Pitts was retired from the U. S. Postal Office in 1976. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Senior Adult Class No. 2 Sunday School, Downtown Exchange Club, Golden "K" Kiwanis Club, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, American Association of Retired Persons, and Albany Area Retired National Guard Association. He was a member and Past Member of Dougherty Lodge No. 591 F&AM, member and Past Monarch of AlBan Grotto, 32d Degree Scottish Rite Mason, 33rd Degree Scottish Mason and a member of York Rite bodies. he was also a member of Hassan Shrine Temple and was retired from Georgia Army National Guard with rank of Command Sergeant Major. Survivors include his wife, Wilma R. Pitts of Albany; four sons, Robert L. and Richard Pitts of Albany; Rodney Pitts of Lake Blackshear and Ray Pitts of Lee County; and 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be 7-8:30 PM today at the funeral home.