Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pitman, Stokes January 20, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@charter.net February 7, 2007, 10:06 am Mitchell News-Journal 1/31/07 STOKES PITMAN BAKERSVILLE - Stokes Pitman, 75, of Bear Creek Church Road, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 in James H. Quillen Veterans Administration Hospital in Mountain Home, Tenn. He was the son of the late Thomas and Ora Buchanan Pitman. He was also preceded in death by a son, Ricky Pitman; a stepson, David Stamey; sisters, Belinda Pitman and Parvell Hughes; and a brother, Glenn Pitman. He was a retired homebuilder and brick mason, and was also retired from Henredon Furniture. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Buchanan Pitman of the home; two daughters, Vicki Blalock of Micaville, and Gail Harrison of Bakersville; three sisters, Hattie Zell Rathbone of Spruce Pine, Rose Ann Ledford of Bakersville, and Carolyn Birchfield of Johnson City, Tenn.; four brothers, Robert and James Pitman, both of Bakersville, Henry Pitman of Hickory, and Joe Pitman of Spruce Pine; and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. Revs. Chris Rathbone, Marvin Hensley and Dick Westbrook officiated. Burial was at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cane Creek Two Cemetery. The family received friends from 6 p.m. until the service hour Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Mitchell County, P.O. Box 38, Spruce Pine, NC 28777. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/p/pitman427gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb