MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Bernice B. Pittman, 3 May 2001 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ ==================================================================== BERNICE B. PITTMAN SPRUCE PINE – Bernice B. Pittman, 80, died Thursday, May 3, 2001. She was the daughter of the late Jess and Rosa Daniels Buchanan, and wife of the late Guy Newton Pittman. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Devault Buchanan. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spruce Pine. Survivors include her sons, Daniel Guy Pittman of Hendersonville, and David Ray Pittman of Roswell, GA; a daughter, Mary Buchanan of Hickory; a sister, Sue Young of Bakersville; four granddaughters; and two great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Rev. David Vess officiated. burial was in Spruce Pine Memorial Cemetery. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until the service hour at the funeral home.