Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, Cpl. Hugh O., 1944 

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CORPORAL HUGH OSBORNE PITTMAN 

SEDLEY INFANTRYMAN DROWNS IN WISCONSIN 

   Acquaintances and friends of Corporal Hugh Pittman, son of Walter R. and 
Mrs. Maude Wood Pittman of Sedley, will be distressed to learn of his death 
by drowning last Sunday night at Lake Delton Beach, Wisconsin.  Corporal 
Pittman, who was twenty years old, was member of an infantry regiment 
stationed at nearby Camp McCoy.  His body was recovered a short while after 
the drowning.

   Arriving in Franklin this (Friday) afternoon, the body will be taken to 
the Holland Funeral Home, where it will lie in state until Saturday morning. 
From there it will be taken to the home of Corporal Pittman's aunt, Mrs. W.T. 
Pittman, in Courtland.  Funeral services will be held from the home of Mrs. 
Pittman in Courtland Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock.

   Deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Pittman of Sedley; 
three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Terrell and Miss Josephine Pittman of Richmond 
and Mrs. Margaret Baker of Florida; and five brothers, Elmo Pittman, Sedley, 
Capt. Clarence Pittman, Camp Davis, N.C., Lieut. John Irvin Pittman, AUS, 
New York City, Pfc. Cedric Pittman, USN, stationed in the Southwest Pacific, 
and E.H. Pittman, Buffalo, N.Y.


Corporal Hugh Osborne PITTMAN, WW-II soldier, stationed at Camp McCoy, WI, 
Sedley native, drowned 23 Jul 1944, Lake Delton Beach, WI, age 20, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 36A*), Courtland, 
   29 Jul 1944, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), July 28, 1944, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His father's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 22, 1965, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p355w1ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Tidewater News," June 13, 1947, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p355m1ob.txt 


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