Sussex-Nansemond County-Suffolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, Dave L., 2006 

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DAVE LAWRENCE PITTMAN 

Wakefield, Virginia 

  DAVE LAWRENCE PITTMAN, 43, passed away suddenly on Thursday, January 5, 2006 
at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, Virginia.  Born November 22, 1962 
in Suffolk he was the son of Pauline B. Pittman and the late Burtron Hayes 
Pittman.  He was a 1980 honors graduate of Oak Hill Academy and volunteered 
his time as Maintenance Team Leader; had worked for Kraft Machine Works; was 
vice-president of Pittman Enterprises LLC in Wakefield; a member of Wakefield 
Baptist Church; and served on the Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief Team since 
2003 having traveled and aided with Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and 
Virginia Disasters.  Dave was a dedicated member of the Ivor Ruritan Club, 
Ruritan National Organization, Zone 2, Holland District, having served as the 
2005 Zone 2 Governor for the Holland District.  His fellow Ruritans called him 
a great leader who has always been there to help with whatever task brought 
before him, including assistance at the national conventions and aiding with 
victims of disaster on a national level.  Besides his loving mother, he is 
survived by his aunt, Marie Barrett; and several cousins.  Graveside services 
will be held on Sunday, January 8, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. in Wakefield Cemetery, 
Wakefield, Virginia, with the Rev. Jim Kerr officiating.  The family will 
receive friends at his mother’s residence.  Memorial donations may be made to 
Virginia Baptist Disaster Relief, P. O. Box 8568, Richmond, VA 23226; or to 
the Oak Hill Academy, 2635 Oak Hill Rd., Wilson, VA 24363.  Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with arrangements.


Dave Lawrence PITTMAN, businessman, disaster relief volunteer, 
b. 22 Nov 1962, Suffolk, d. 5 Jan 2006, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 8 Jan 2006, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 7, 2006, C-6 

*His father is also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1978) is posted file at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p355b1ob.txt 


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