Private funeral service for Coach Harold Newton Pirtle, 72, of Decatur will be at Parkway Funeral Home David Barker officiating. Burial will be in Midway Memorial Gardens. Coach Pirtle, who died Thursday, May 7, 2020, at his residence, was born, March 15, 1948, to Raymond Lee Pirtle and Annie Lorraine Chandler. He was a member of Midway Church of Christ. He coached at Speake High School for 35 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include:
Wife – Deborah Pirtle
Son – Casey (Margaret Ann) Pirtle
2 daughters – Angie (Jeff) Bowen, Beck Pirtle
2 brothers – Ken (Carole) Pirtle, Gary (Shelia) Pirtle
Grand Children – Cara (Dan) Williams, Sarah Bowen, Melanie Bowen, Hillary Pirtle, Gus Pirtle.
Pallbearers will be Adrian Taylor, James Belcher, Dan Williams, Doyle Hensley, Bradley Hembree, Ronnie Clark.
