Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Friday, January 10, 2003

DESA REE PITTS

Desa Ree Pitts, 81, of Laurel, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, at South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Jones County. The Rev. Donald Moore will officiate.

She was a homemaker, and a member of the Pentecostal faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, J. V. Pitts.

Mrs. Pitts is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Shelton and Carolyn Pitts of Laurel; three grandchildren, Ray Pitts of Laurel, Gaye Hamm of Soso, and Joe Coley of Laurel; and four great-grandchildren, Lindsi Pitts, Laken Pitts, Lexi Pitts, and Koley Hamm.

Pallbearers are David Shoemake, W. D. Shoemake, David Staples, Johnny Staples, Gary Staples and Kevin Davis.

Visitation will be held at 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home in Laurel, which is in charge of arrangements.