Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pitman, Bill Joseph February 27, 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 March 7, 2007, 3:03 pm Mitchell News-Journal 3/07/07 BILL JOSEPH PITMAN BAKERSVILLE - Bill Joseph Pitman, 84, of Saylors Lake Road, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 in Ocala, Fla. He was the son of the late Richard and Dicie Lucinda Pitman, and husband of the late Joyce McKinney Pitman. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Ray Pitman. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Bakersville Baptist Church, Bakersville Masonic Lodge #357 AF&AM, Lions Club, and Spruce Pine Moose Lodge #1159. Survivors include a daughter, Janie Gibson of Blacksburg, S.C.; a sister, Minnie Atlas Cox of Hickory; two granddaughters; and three great- grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Bakersville Baptist Church. The Rev. Billy Stewart officiated. Graveside services were conducted by Bakersville Masonic Lodge in Pine Branch Cemetery, off of Roan Road. The family received friends from 7-8 p.m. Friday at Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville. 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/pitman471gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb