Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, William J., 1960 

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20-Year-Old Ivor Youth Killed In Auto Accident 

  William Joseph Pittman, a 20-year-old Ivor youth, died in a one-car accident 
near Wakefield early Sunday morning, November 13, 1960. 

  A car which he was driving went out of control and hit a tree at about 1:30. 
Pittman was killed instantly. 

  Joseph W. Owney Jr., Thomas Britt and W.R. Giles, all passengers in the 
hospital, were treated at Petersburg General Hospital and released. 

  Owney, however, was later admitted to the Raiford Memorial Hospital in 
Franklin, where he is reported in good condition. 

  State Trooper D.G. Russell who investigated the accident said that 
automobile went out of control on a curve, skidded into a ditch and hit two 
trees. 

  Pittman was a native of Geneva County, Alabama, and was the son of Mrs. 
Theo. Guy Bradshaw.  He was employed in Ivor by the Bracey-Johnson Oil 
Company. 

  Besides his mother, Pittman is survived by his stepfather, Jesse R. 
Bradshaw. 

  Funeral services were held on Tuesday, November 15, at Wakefield by the Rev. 
Byrum Holloman of the Ivor Baptist Church with burial in the Ivor Cemetery. 


William Joseph PITTMAN, service station attendant, 
b. 31 Mar 1940, Geneva Co., AL, killed in wreck 13 Nov 1960, Sussex Co., 
interred in Ivor Cemetery*, 15 Nov 1960, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 41, No. 48, Thurs., Nov. 24, 1960, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

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

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #103780108; it shows PITMAN. 

His mother & step-father are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 30306 (Wakefield #17) 


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