Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pittman, J. Ernest, 2006 

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JAMES ERNEST PITTMAN 

Wakefield, Virginia 

  J. Ernest Pittman, 94, passed away at his home in Wakefield, VA., with his 
family by his side on Saturday, January 14, 2006.  Born May 22, 1911 in 
Dendron, Va., he was the son of the late Ernest Augusta Pittman and Emma 
Grubbs Pittman.  He was a 1928 graduate of Dendron High School and married the 
late Mary Lovell Wood of Claremont in 1931.  Ernest opened his first business 
in the M.G. Service Station in Wakefield in 1935; received a Chrysler 
franchise in 1936 and opened Southside Motor Co. in Wakefield at that time. 
In 1967 he opened Pittman Chrysler-Plymouth in Williamsburg and was the owner 
and operator of this business until 1998 when he retired.  Mr. Pittman was the 
first one to bring peanut bins for drying peanuts to this area; owned Pittman 
Equipment Co. which sold Ferguson and Oliver tractors; was one of the founding 
directors of Old Colony Bank in Williamsburg, VA; a member of the Williamsburg 
Rotary Club; past president of the Wakefield Ruritan Club; and served on the 
Wakefield Town Council from 1962-1972.  He was an avid golfer for many years, 
and a member of the Wakefield United Methodist Church where he taught the 
Young Men’s Sunday School Class.

  He is survived by two daughters, Joan P. Drewry and husband, Howard, and 
Betty P. Gay; and one son, James E. Pittman, all of Wakefield; three 
grandchildren, Gayle D. Simms, Michael Drewry and wife, Lenore, Robyn G. Croft 
and husband, John, all of Wakefield; seven great-grandchildren, Chris Simms 
and wife, Jennie, of Wakefield, Sara W. Simms and fiancee Jake Harsh, of 
Nashville, TN, Kristen Drewry of New York, NY, Carla and David Drewry, Katy 
and Jonathan Croft, all of Wakefield; and one sister, Mary Elizabeth Rogers 
of Wakefield.  He is also survived by his devoted caregivers, Doneal Johnson, 
Linda Ellis, and Myretta Ruffin.

  Mr. Pittman was predeceased by his wife of 57 years, Mary Lovell Wood 
Pittman; granddaughter, Jobe L. Gay; and sisters, Frances P. Brantley and 
Marion P. Troxler.

  Graveside funeral services will be held Monday, January 16, 2006 at 2:00 
p.m. in Wakefield Cemetery, Wakefield, Virginia, with the Rev. G. C. Branton 
officiating.  The family will receive friends at the residence at 206 W. 
Church St., Wakefield.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to 
The Wakefield Foundation, Wakefield United Methodist Preschool, or to 
Tidewater Academy.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, assisted the family with the 
arrangements.  Condolences may be posted at www.jtmorriss.com.


James Ernest PITTMAN, retired businessman, former Wakefield councilman, 
b. 22 May 1911, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 14 Jan 2006, at home, Wakefield, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 16 Jan 2006, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 15, 2006 

*His parents are 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 mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1959) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p355e5ob.txt 


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