Luster Pitts (b. May 06, 1886, d. November 24, 1973)
Luster Pitts (son of James Pitts and Emiline Spurlock) was born May 06, 1886 in Cannon Co. Tennessee (Woodbury), and died November 24, 1973 in Johnson co. Il. He married Flora Lott on August 13, 1908 in Union Co. Il., daughter of William Lott and Ollie Hancock.
Notes for Luster Pitts: Obituary: Gazette Democrat, the talk and Cobden review. November 29, 1973. Published in Anna Illinois.
Luster Pitts was born May 6, 1886, in Woodbury Tennessee, the son of James Pitts and Emline Spurlock Pitts, and passed away at the Hill View Nursing Home in Vienna Illinois, on November 24, 1973, at the age of 87 years, six months and 18 days. Mr. Pitts was united in marriage to Flora Lott on August 13, 1908, and to this union five children were born. He is survived by a son, Truman Pitts of Anna, three daughters, Mrs. Hassie Dettenbach of Elgin, Mrs. Mary Hoyle of Anna and Mrs. Ruth Forbes of Bristol Illinois., four grandchildren, four great grandchildren and other relatives. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Olive, on April 2, 1921, and by his wife on February 3, 1963. Funeral services were held Monday, November 26, at 1:30 P.M., at the Crain Funeral Home in Anna, with Reverand Garnett Mitchell, pastor of the Church of the Nazarene, officiating. Interment was made in the Anna Cemetery. Crain Funeral Home of Anna was in charge of arrangements.
Luster's daughter, Mary Pitts Hoyle recalled her Father as an independant, soft spoken, level headed and kind person who could not be easily angered but was very fierce if something did manage to make him mad. Mary also remembered that Luster could not read or write but would pretend to read newspapers. Luster eventually learned to write his name and could distinguish between his daily mail and the mail of his wife and kids. Luster himself spoke of a time during his childhood when he and his family traveled from Cannon Co. TN. to Union Co. IL. He recalled the team of horses and wagon and how his father drove them across into IL. while the river was frozen. Luster also recalled that when he was just a boy and much too young to work in the fields with his brothers, his Father (James Pitts) would take him every morning to the home of his Aunt and Uncle, Osias Denton Brimm and Julia Spurlock Brimm. Luster recalled being facinated by the fact that His Uncle Osias (Who was called Denton) had a wooden leg. Mary Pitts Hoyle remembered that her Father would somtimes imitate the whistle of a steam boat and that he loved gardening.
More About Luster Pitts: Burial: Anna Cemetery Union Co. Il..
More About Luster Pitts and Flora Lott: Marriage: August 13, 1908, Union Co. Il.. Marriage license: August 13, 1908, License: 7740.
Children of Luster Pitts and Flora Lott are:
+Truman Pitts, b. August 15, 1909, Union Co. Il. (Anna), d. February 04, 1986.
Luster Pitts (b. May 06, 1886, d. November 24, 1973)
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