John Clinton Pitt, 86, of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at ECM Hospital.
Mr. Pitt was a native of Lawrence County, Alabama, and attended the Baptist Church. He was retired from Ford Motor Company, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and received a WWII Victory Metal.
The funeral service will be Friday, September 13, 2013, at 1:00 p.m., at Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel, Russellville, with burial in Morris Chapel Cemetery, Trinity. Officiating will be Rev. Billy Thorn. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Survivors include wife, Betty Pitt; children, Greg Pitt (Tina), and Serena Mather (Tom), both of Tuscumbia; step-children, Gary Wilson (Teresa), Lisa Jenkins (Ray), both of Muscle Shoals, and Anita Wilson (Jeff), Killen; brother, Neal Pitt, Florence; sister, Wylodean Robison, Decatur; grandchildren, Lauren Pitt, Daniel Pitt, and Tanner Hall, Natasha Holt, Brandon Wilson, Alan Jenkins, Jay Keeton, Bradley Keeton, Kimberly Murphy; 13 step-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Greg Pitt, Daniel Pitt, Tanner Hall, Craig Richeson, Brian Hall, and Gwyn C. Pitt.
He was preceded in death by parents, Oscar and Lillie Mae Pitt; and first wife, Wilma E. Pitt; step-grandson, Chandler Wilson.
The family expresses sincere appreciation to the nurses and staff of ECM 2nd West, Dr. Webb, Dr. Loren McCoy and Dr. Lynn Ridgeway.
