Mr. J.C. "Jake" Pitts

Obituary & Life History

Mr. J.C. “Jake” Pitts, age 76, died Thursday morning at the Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility. The Ashburn, Georgia native was a veteran of the...

Mr. J.C. “Jake” Pitts, age 76, died Thursday morning at the Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility. The Ashburn, Georgia native was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He resided in Savannah and Statesboro until moving to Portal 37 years ago. Mr. Pitts retired as a propane maintenance and delivery person with over 30 years of service. He was last employed with Amoco. He was of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Pitts will always be remembered for his love of fishing, gardening, spending time on his tractor and enjoying the company of his beloved dog “half pint”.

Surviving are his wife of 37 years, Eva Allen Pitts of Portal; two sons and a daughter in law, Bobby Pitts and Ricky and Leah Pitts all of Savannah; a daughter, Tammy Hannon of Atlanta; step children, Libby and Tommy Lewis of Nevils, Randy Rowe of Portal and Melissa and Richard Ryles of Hazlehurst; 13 grandchildren, three great grandchildren and a sister, Opal Jennings of Warner Robbins.

Visitation will be Friday from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.

Funeral services will be Saturday at 2:00pm in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home with Rev. David Hudson officiating assisted by Rev. Don Berry.

Interment will be in the Portal City Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Duane Lewis, Royce Horton, Randy Jennings, Shane Pitts, Max Carter and Matthew Rowe.

Honorary Pallbearers will be the Mayor and City Hall personnel of the City of Portal, Bill Brown, Ricky Bowen and Len McCook.

The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, Ga. 30459.

Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.

Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.