Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, J. Walter R., 1965 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ WALTER RALEIGH PITTMAN COURTLAND - Walter Raleigh Pittman, 85, a native of Southampton County, died Thursday morning in a Suffolk hospital. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Maude Wood Pittman and a son of John W. and Mrs. Josephine Cosby Pittman. Surviving are five sons, Elmo Pittman and Cedrick Pittman of Courtland, John Irvin Pittman of Arlington, Clarence Pittman of Franklin and Harold Pittman; three daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth P. Terrell of Richmond, Mrs. Josephine P. Coiner of Alexandria and Mrs. Margaret Baker of Washington; a sister, Mrs. Leroy Cornwell of Wakefield, and 18 grandchildren. A funeral service was conducted Saturday at the W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery. John Walter Raleigh PITTMAN, Southampton Co. native, d. 18 Feb 1965, Suffolk, age 85, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 36A*), Courtland, 20 Feb 1965, "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 22, 1965, p. 2 *Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt His wife's obit ("Tidewater News," June 13, 1947, p. 5) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p355m1ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p355w1ob.txt