Obituaries: Dr. Samuel Clyde Fittz, 1944, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

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From: May 18, 1944 Winn Parish Enterprise

Dr. S. C. Fittz Dies Suddenly Sunday

Dr. S. C. Fittz, 64, who died suddenly at his home here Sunday from a heart
attack, was buried in the Winnfield Cemetery Tuesday afternoon following the
arrival of his son, Lt. Samuel Clyde Fittz, Jr., who came from Ft. Benning,
Ga.  Funeral services were conducted at the family home, Alexandria highway,
with the Rev. Alwin Stokes, Presbyterian minister, officiating.

Active pallbearers were Harry Fuller, Dr. J. R. McCartney, Mack L. Branch,
Jesse Sandifer, G. M. Tannehill, R. S. Walsh, Clyde Taylor, and Sam Brian.

The list of honorary pallbearers included Dr. J. F. Faith, Dr. Roy Wright, Dr.
John Pugh, K. A. Thomas, Tracy Harrel, F. L. Shaw, Sr., W. E. Heard, C.
McGinty, Sr., P. K. Abel, B. W. Bailey, Kenneth Watts, A. Leonard Allen, R. W.
Buce, W. C. Cookston, Matt Milam, J. B. Stothart, A. L. Smith, Sr., B. G.
Pasco, L. Rickerson, L. F. Morrison, A. P. Burton, W. T. Norman, Sion E.
Jenkins, Tom Plunkett, W. W. Allen, J. E. Carter, Bryant Sholars, Shirley
Jackson, C. F. Walsworth, G. M. Walsworth, Frank S. Craig, S. D. Stennis, J.
S. Hunt, L. J. Grigsby, and Judge R. W. Oglesby.

Dr. Fittz was the senior member of the Fittz-Faith clinic and attended to his
routine duties all day Saturday until seized with a mild heart attack late in
the afternoon.

Sunday morning he again suffered several attacks and his associates, Drs. J.
F. Faith and Roy Wright, were called to his home, but he died soon after their
arrival.

Dr. Fittz was a native of Winn Parish and after graduating from Tulane medical
school began the practice of medicine here in 1908 and continued until his
sudden death Sunday.  In point of service he was the oldest practicing
physician in Winn Parish.  During the 38 years he has served Winnfield and the
surrounding territory he always enjoyed a large practice and his passing has
saddened the whole parish as there are few homes in this area to which he has
not been called to relieve the suffering of the sick.

He served several terms as parish coroner and was medical examiner for Winn
Parish service selective boards in both World Wars I and II.  Dairying was his
hobby and he owned and operated the largest dairy in Winn Parish.

Surviving are the widow; a daughter, Malce, student at L. S. U. Medical
School; a son, Lt. S. C. Fittz, Jr., U. S. Army, Ft. Benning, Ga.; his mother,
Mrs. M. O. Fittz of Winnfield, and a sister, Mrs. S. M. Brian of Winnfield.