Pike-Spalding County GaArchives Obituaries.....James Robert Pitts February 12 1933
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Griffin Daily News, Monday, February 13, 1933
HIT-RUN DRIVER KILLS SPALDING FARMER SUNDAY

County Officers Search For Driver Who Hit J.R. Pitts
  Spalding county officers today were searching for the hit and run driver of 
an automobile which early Sunday night killed J.R. Pitts, 57-year old Spalding 
farmer, as he walked across the highway near his farm five miles from Griffin 
on the Zebulon Road.
  Officers said today that apparently there were no witnesses to the accident 
other than the driver of the automobile which struck Pitts and sped on after 
the accident.  Pitts body was found alongside the highway on the Zebulon Road, 
about 6:30 o'clock Sunday evening.
  Found By Motorist.
 His body was found by passing motorists, who expressed the belief that he had 
not been dead but a few minutes, since his body was still warm when 
discovered.  It is believed he died instantly.
  It is thought that Pitts who operates a farm near Griffin, was crossing the 
highway to attend some stock  at a barn directly across the highway from his 
home when he was struck down.
  At a coroner's inquest held at the Pittman Funeral home this morning at 10 
o'clock, the jury declared that Pitts was killed by an automobile , the driver 
of which is unknown.  Coroner W.J. Morrow conducted the inquest and W.C. 
Kendrick was foreman of the coroner's jury.
  Was Farmer.
 Pitts, who was 57 years of age, formerly lived at East Griffin and was at one 
time an employe of the Kincaid Mills.  For the past four years he had been 
engaged in farming in Spalding county.
  Funeral services will be held from the Mt. Gilead church Tuesday afternoon 
at 2 o'clock, Rev. John F. Norton will officiate.  Interment will be in the 
churchyard with Frank S. Pittman, funeral director, in charge.
  He is survived by his wife and five sons, H.B. Pitts, E.C. Pitts, O.E. 
Pitts, C.L. Pitts, C.D. Pitts, all of Griffin; three daughters, Mrs. Bera 
Kent, Mrs. Ruth Baugh and Miss Ola Mae Pitts, all of Griffin; one brother, 
J.B. Pitts, of Meansville; four sisters, Mrs. A.W. Vinson, Mrs. Gus Mills and 
Mrs. J.M. Wiles, all of Griffin; and Mrs. John Gaddy of Sargent.

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