Notes for Cecil Pitts: Obituary: Gazette Democrat, the talk and the Cobden review. Published in Anna Illinois, July 1983.
Cecil Pitts was born March 27, 1899, in Woodbury Tennessee, the son of William Pitts and Della (Thomas) Pitts and died Monday, June 27, 1983 at the Union County Hospital in Anna at the age of 84 years and three months. Mr. Pitts was married November 11, 1925 to Sadie Cooper (Daughter of William "Billy" cooper and Willie Mary Thomas.) He is survived by his wife, Sadie Pitts of Makanda; a daughter, Mrs. Kathy Weiss of Anna; three sons, John Pitts of Cobden, James Pitts and (Joseph) Rodney Pitts, both of Makanda; and by two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. He is also survived by three brothers, Clarence Pitts of Anna, Wiley Pitts of Mounds and George Pitts of Wolf Lake; and by other relatives. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Margaret Pitts, in 1944. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 29, at 2 P.M. at Crain Funeral Home in Anna with Arland Scott officiating. Interment was in the Casper Cemetery. Crain Funeral Home of Anna was in charge of arrangement.
Cecil's son James remembers his Dad as a jokester and prankster. Cecil was also very outspoken. If he had a strong opinion about a particular issue he usually told people exactly what he thought. Cecil used to say that he "might have ended up in Texas if he hadnt been afraid of that old Jack". He was reffering to a time when he was a very young man and his Uncle Thomas was having a donkey shipped to Texas by train. He ask Cecil to ride with the donkey and care for it. But Cecil was afraid of the animal. Cecil's nickname "Slick" was a reference to himself being bald when he was born. His other nickname "Lardy" was given to him because he was so thinly built. Friends would sarcastically say he was so fat that Lard was dripping off of him. He was also called Oscar. Cecil loved to talk about the past and probably knew more than most about his own family's history.
More About Cecil Pitts: Burial: Casper cemetery / Anna Il.. Nickname: Slick or Lardy.
More About Cecil Pitts and Sadie Cooper: Marriage: November 11, 1925
Children of Cecil Pitts and Sadie Cooper are:
Mary Margeret Pitts, b. April 20, 1926, Union Co. Il., d. September 06, 1944, Union Co. Il..
Cecil Pitts (b. March 27, 1899, d. June 27, 1983)
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