Carter Co., OK - OBIT:  Fred E. Pittman

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Submitted by:  Di Armstrong
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Surnames: PITTMAN, ARMSTRONG, PICKENS, GARRISON, PETERS, PETAK, PATRICK, VAILE
   
    
  PITTMAN, FRED EVERETT...Services for Fred E. Pittman, 74, were held at 11 a.m., 
  May 16, 1999, at Craddock Funeral Home in Ardmore, Carter Co., OK, with Rev. 
  Paul Dowdy officiating. Interment was in McMillan Cemetery. Mr. Pittman was 
  born March 4, 1925, at Pontotoc to George Thomas (Sr) and Nona Ann Armstrong 
  Pittman. He died May 13, 1999, in the Madill OK Hospital. He married Tommie 
  Etta Pickens Marris Sept 28, 1946, at Olathe, Kan. She preceded him in death 
  July 1997. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Joe Pittman, 
  George T. Pittman Jr., and Robert F. Pittman, and one sister, Nola Pittman 
  Little, and by a granddaughter, Stacy VanAucker. A life-long resident of the 
  area, Pittman was a truck driver most of his life. He worked for many years 
  for Groendyke Trucking and then part-time for Clowe Oil. He was a veteran of 
  WWII, having served in the US Army. Pittman was the recipient of the Purple 
  Heart, Bronze Star and the Good Conduct Medal. He was of the Pentecostal faith.
  Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis Pittman Garrison, Dickson OK, and 
  Patricia Marris Peters, Honolulu, Hawaii; three sisters, Emma Pittman Petak,
  Mattie Huffman Wallace Patrick, and Jimmie Pittman Vaile, all of Ardmore OK; 
  and one brother, Eddie H. Pittman, also of Ardmore; eight grandchildren and
  eight great-grandchildren. 

  Bearers were Albert Vinson, Jerry W. Pittman, Roger Wilkins, Dale Wilkins, 
  Troy Wilkins and Robert Burns.