John Andrew Pitts

1922 - 1996  (74 years)

• Name	John Andrew Pitts
  Born	3 May 1922	Bourbon County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 May 1996	Melvern, Osage County, Kansas
  Buried	Mapleton Cemetery, Mapleton, Bourbon County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5809	Rossville
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Arthur Harrison Pitts
  Mother	Nora Elizabeth Inman Pitts
  Family ID	F7477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Grace A Beckford Pitts,   d. 22 Dec 1984
  Married	19 Sep 1948	Harding, Bourbon County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Darla L Pitts Conner
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019 21:53:50
  Family ID	F7478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 May 1922 - Bourbon County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Pitts, John John Andrew Pitts John Andrew Pitts, 74, Topeka, died Monday, May 6, 1996, at Melvern Lake. Mr. Pitts operated heavy equipment for Local No. 101 Hoisting and Portable Engineers until he retired. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was born May 3, 1922, in Bourbon County, the son of Arthur Harrison and Nola Elizabeth Inman Pitts. Mr. Pitts was a member of Local No. 101 Hoisting and Portable Engineers. He was married to Grace A. Beckford on Sept. 19, 1948, at Harding. She died Dec. 22, 1984. Survivors include a daughter, Darla L. Conner, Rossville; four brothers, David Lusk, Goodson, Mo., Edward Lusk and Calvin Pitts, both of Fort Scott, and Kenneth "Pete” Pitts, Olathe; five sisters, Helen Hood, Josephine Michaels and Grace Buford, all of Fort Scott. Juanita Schroder, Topeka, and Rowena Hines, Columbus, Ohio; and two grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Parker-Price Mortuary. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Mapelton Cemetery at Mapelton. Mr. Pitts will lie in state after 8 a.m. Thursday at the mortuary.