Robeson County NcArchives Obituaries.....Pittman, Docia May 19, 1909 ************************************************ 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: Terry Johnson terelmann19@carolina.rr.com March 1, 2010, 4:16 am Robesonian: May 24, 1909 ROBESONIAN: MONDAY, MAY 24, 1909 MISS DOCIA PITMAN. Miss Docia Pitman, about 21 years old, oldest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Neill (Cornelius Lott) Pitman, who live about nine miles from Lumberton, in the Burnt Island section, died of typhoid fever Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. The funeral took place Friday and the remains were interred in the Pittman Cemetery near the home. Three other childen in the same family are sick with typhoid fever. Mention was made in Thursday's Robesonian of the fact that until Dr. W. A. McPhaul was called in to see the deceased young lady some two weeks ago no physician had ever made a professional visit to any member of the family since Mr. & Mrs. Pitman began housekeeping some 23 years ago. rtj Additional Comments: NOTE: Terry Johnson: Pittman Family Descendent & Researcher: 12 December 2008. DOCIA PITMAN: 26 FEB 1889 - 19 MAY 1909. Daughter of Cornelius Lott "Neill" Pitman, son of Jordan Lee Pitman & Mary Jane Israel & Georgie Anne Pitman, daughter of Stephen Pitman & Martha Huggins. Burial: Pittman Cemetery, Beulah Church Road, Robeson, North Carolina. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/obits/p/pittman2049ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb