Barbara Ann Pittman, age 80, loving wife, mother and grandmother, died Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at Agape Nursing Home.
Born in Pinehurst, NC, she was a daughter of the late Caleb and Katie Byrd. Mrs. Pittman was a 1949 graduate of Dillon High School. She was president of Pee Dee Area Women’s Insurance Association and a member of Garden City Baptist Church where she volunteered in the Daycare. Mrs. Pittman loved her family and enjoyed quilting. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Wilds Clemmons.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Robert Pittman of Garden City; a son, Frank Pittman (Nina) of Easley, SC; daughters, Bobbie Jean Sessions of Garden City, Becky Clemmons of Marion, Bonnie Ford of Surfside Beach and Melissa Coley of Iowa; a brother, Benjamin Byrd of Garden City; 12 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a special friend, Alan Cooper of Garden City.
A funeral service washeld at 3 p.m. Friday, September 21, 2012 at Garden City Baptist Church. The family received friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery.
An online guestbook is available at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com/obituaries
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Ave. N., Suite 101 Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 or Garden City Baptist Church, 501 Pine Ave., Garden City, SC 29576.
Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
