MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Ray Pitman, 25 Jan 2003 ----¤¤¤¤---- RAY PITMAN SPRUCE PINE - Ray Pitman, 77, of Beaver Creek Road, died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2003 in an Avery County hospital. He was the son of the late Waits and Minnie Pendley Pitman. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Glenn and Jack Pitman; and two sisters, Louise Pendley and Elma Pitman. He was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and the Spruce Pine Moose Lodge. Survivors include one son, Douglas Pitman of Spruce Pine; two sisters, Cathy Jones and Edna Burleson, both of Spruce Pine; one brother, Burl Pitman of Burnsville; and one grandchild. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Grindstaff Memorial Chapel of Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine. Rev. Mike Brown officiated. Burial was in Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. the family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------