Sullivan County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  Robert L. Stitt Sr.

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, January 3, 2003

Robert L. Stitt Sr.
    Robert L. Stitt Sr. died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003, at Bristol Nursing Home.
He was born in Blackwood, Wise County, Va., a son of the late Jacob A. and
Jennie Taylor Stitt, and had lived in Bristol since 1917. He was a veteran of
the Tennessee National Guard and served in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy
during World War II. He was a life member of the VFW and was of the
Presbyterian faith. He was the widower of Jane Hannah Stitt, was retired from
the U.S. Postal Service and was a member of the National Association of Letter
Carriers.
    He is survived by a son, Bob Stitt Jr. and his wife, Vivian W. Stitt, of
Bristol Virginia; two step-grandsons; six step-great-grandchildren; one step-
great-great-grandson; two sisters, Ida Wadell and her husband, Ira, of Texas,
and Hazel Hoyle of Arkansas; two brothers, Cecil Stitt and his wife, Sarah, of
Bluff City and Kenneth Stitt and his wife, Peggy, of Canton, Ga.; a sister-in-
law, Juanita Stitt of Bristol Tennessee; several nieces and nephews, including
a special great-nephew, Tommy Galyon and his family of Lansing, Mich. 
    The funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at
the graveside in Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. E.W. Ely and Rev. Mike Moore
officiating. Military graveside rites will be presented by VFW Post 6975 Honor
Guard. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 o'clock Friday evening
at Blevins Funeral Home. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family at
condolences@blevinsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements especially for Mr. Stitt have
been made through Blevins Funeral Home. 


Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday, January 4, 2003

Robert L. Stitt Sr.
    The funeral service for Robert L. Stitt Sr. will be conducted at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon at the graveside in Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. E.W. Ely
and Rev. Mike Moore officiating. Military graveside rites will be presented by
VFW Post 6975 Honor Guard. Condolences and memories may be sent to the family
at condolences@blevinsfuneralhome.com.
Mr. Stitt died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003, at Bristol Nursing Home. 
Arrangements especially for Mr. Stitt have been made through Blevins Funeral
Home.