Zelma Lois

Purvis Pitts

Obituary

Zelma Lois Purvis Pitts, 89, of Tifton passed away Saturday, October 18, 2003, at Tift Health Care. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at Tift Avenue Church of God with the Rev. Joseph L. Crumley and the Rev. Billy Dawson officiating. Mrs. Pitts was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Randy Bishop, Dustin Pitts, Paul Pitts, Lowell Hiers, Don Jordan and Carl McMath served as pallbearers.

Born April 18, 1914, in Cook County, Mrs. Pitts was the daughter of the late Dan Purvis and Maggie Blount Purvis. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Lowell Leon Pitts; one daughter, Margie Merchant; one grandchild; one brothers; and three sisters. She was a homemaker; and she was a member of Tift Avenue Church of God.

Mrs. Pitts is survived by two sons, Doug Pitts of Chula and Gene Pitts of Tucson, Arizona; one sister, Cleo Evans of Tucson, Arizona; six grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.