Pitman, Bronson "Pete"   	

CUSHING - Funeral services for Bronson "Pete" Pitman, 90, of Longview, 
formerly of Cushing, will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at the 
Dickie Allen Funeral Home Chapel in Cushing, with the Rev. Danny Sammons 
officiating. Burial will be in the McKnight Cemetery near Cushing. Mr. 
Pitman died Sunday in Longview.

He was born September 23, 1916, in Cushing, Texas, to Francis J. and 
Sultana Grisham Pitman. Mr. Pitman had lived in Longview for the last 38 
years and had also lived in Haltom City, Texas. He was a Baptist and had 
worked as a diesel mechanic and in pipeline construction. He was a U.S. 
Army Air Force veteran of World War II. Mr. Pitman was an avid outdoorsman 
who loved hunting, fishing and gardening.

He was preceded in death by his wives, Opal Lorean Reeves Pitman and 
Pauline Dyer Pitman; brothers, Henry Pitman, Ellis Pitman, Virgil Pitman, 
Hardy Pitman and Doyle Pitman; and sisters, Maurine Booker, Ruby 
Satterwhite and Ines Pitman.

Survivors include his son, David Pitman of Longview, Texas; and several 
nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Buddy Wooley, Bruce Richards, Bill Booker, Jimmy Rogers, 
Eddie Gibson and Wayne Pitman.

Visitation will be 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at the funeral home in 
Cushing.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/25/2007.