11/22/15 — ROBERT E. PITTMAN

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ROBERT E. PITTMAN

Died Nov. 20, 2015

Robert Edward Pittman, 62, Pinkney community of Kenly, died Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.

Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Wilson Memorial Service. Interment Kenly Cemetery.

The visitation will be at the funeral home Monday 6:30 to 8 p.m.

He was an active member of Union Grove Free Will Baptist Church, and was a Gideon.

Robert worked for 35 years in the poultry industry with ConAgra and Pilgrim's Pride.

He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, was an avid outdoorsman and was a member of the University of North Carolina Rams Club and the NRA.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Kincheon Eldridge and Elizabeth Askew Pittman.

He is survived by his sons, Justin Pittman (Leah) of Kenansville and Cole Pittman of Nashville, Tenn.; stepdaughter, Juli Robinson of Elkmont, Alaska; stepgrandchild, Kennedy Slaton; sisters, Jane P. Thomas (Bruce) of Pikeville and Linda P. Bunn of Alexandria, Va.; and brother, Kay E. Pittman of Williamston.

Memorials are suggested to the Kidney Foundation of North Carolina, 4701 Hedgemore Drive, Suite 810, Charlotte, N.C., 28209, or Gideons International, P.O. Box 10093, Goldsboro, NC, 27532.

Arrangements by Wilson Memorial Service, 2811 Fieldstream Drive North, Wilson, 252-237-7171, www.wilsonmemorialservice.com.

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Published in Obituaries on November 22, 2015 12:03 PM