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Jessie Ophelia <I>Taylor</I> Pitts

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Jessie Ophelia Taylor Pitts

Birth
Westminster, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
Death
16 Dec 2002 (aged 85)
Seneca, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Oakway, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.5985222, Longitude: -83.01275
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Ophelia Taylor Pitts

Jessie Ophelia Taylor Pitts, age 85, of 120 Oak Creek Road, Seneca, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at her residence. Born in Oconee County, Aug. 27, 1917, Mrs. Pitts was a homemaker, was a member of Oakway Wesleyan Church, where she served as pianist and organist and as President of the Women's Missionary Union, and was a member of the Golden Age Sunday School Class. She was also a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and wife.
Survivors include: Husband, David Robert Pitts Sr., of the home; a son, David Robert Pitts Jr., and wife, Barbara, of Sumter; daughters, Miriam Ophelia Nicholson, and husband, Bill, Brenda Marlene Scarbrough, and husband, Pall, all of Seneca, and Audre Lee Riley, and husband, Bob, of New Bern, N.C.; brothers, Harold Taylor of Anderson and Furman Taylor of Abbeville; sisters, Cordelia Schoen of Seneca and Kathleen Hadden of Abbeville; nine grandchildren, Gina and Renee Nicholson, Taylor and Cindy Riley, Paula Buxton, Tonya McCutchen, David lll and Chelsea and Warren Pitts; six great-grandchildren, Megan and Amanda Riley, Scott and Brent Buxton, and Ryan and Marlee McCutchen.
Mrs. Pitts was preceded in death by her parents, William L. and Ethel Hall Taylor; and a brother, Morris Taylor. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at Oakway Wesleyan Church, with the Revs. Jerry Williamson and Sam Miller officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mrs. Pitts will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Thursday. The body is at the Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, Dec. 18, 2002.
Ophelia Taylor Pitts

Jessie Ophelia Taylor Pitts, age 85, of 120 Oak Creek Road, Seneca, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2002, at her residence. Born in Oconee County, Aug. 27, 1917, Mrs. Pitts was a homemaker, was a member of Oakway Wesleyan Church, where she served as pianist and organist and as President of the Women's Missionary Union, and was a member of the Golden Age Sunday School Class. She was also a loving and devoted mother, grandmother and wife.
Survivors include: Husband, David Robert Pitts Sr., of the home; a son, David Robert Pitts Jr., and wife, Barbara, of Sumter; daughters, Miriam Ophelia Nicholson, and husband, Bill, Brenda Marlene Scarbrough, and husband, Pall, all of Seneca, and Audre Lee Riley, and husband, Bob, of New Bern, N.C.; brothers, Harold Taylor of Anderson and Furman Taylor of Abbeville; sisters, Cordelia Schoen of Seneca and Kathleen Hadden of Abbeville; nine grandchildren, Gina and Renee Nicholson, Taylor and Cindy Riley, Paula Buxton, Tonya McCutchen, David lll and Chelsea and Warren Pitts; six great-grandchildren, Megan and Amanda Riley, Scott and Brent Buxton, and Ryan and Marlee McCutchen.
Mrs. Pitts was preceded in death by her parents, William L. and Ethel Hall Taylor; and a brother, Morris Taylor. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002, at Oakway Wesleyan Church, with the Revs. Jerry Williamson and Sam Miller officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mrs. Pitts will be placed in the church at 2 p.m. Thursday. The body is at the Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight, Dec. 18, 2002.


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  • Added: Jul 21, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73734384/jessie_ophelia-pitts: accessed ), memorial page for Jessie Ophelia Taylor Pitts (27 Aug 1917–16 Dec 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73734384, citing Oakway Wesleyan Church Cemetery, Oakway, Oconee County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Wolf (contributor 47111916).