Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Thursday, May 29, 1958

MRS. LORENA RUTH PITTMAN

DELHI (Special) -- Funeral services for Mrs. Lorena Ruth Pittman, 68, of Epps, Route One, are set for today.

Death came unexpectedly at her residence yesterday afternoon.

Last rites were held at 2 p.m. in the Little Creek Baptist church near Epps with the Rev. James Strippman officiating. Interment followed in the Epps Cemetery under direction of Gay's Funeral Home.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Ruth Smith, Paradise, Mrs. Mary Sandidge, Mrs. Myra Oliphant, and Mrs. Vermell McPherson, all of Epps; a son, Luther Pittman, Epps; three sisters, Mrs. Carrie Morrow, Tullos, Mrs. Dee Purdy, Jonesboro, and Mrs. D. L. McVay, Enterprise; two brothers, J. P. Sills, Crowville, and Walter Holmes, Epps; 18 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jimmy, Alton, Grady, Clayton, and Alfred Holmes, and Lavallius Cassels.