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Kathryn Thomas <I>Pittman</I> Saunders

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Kathryn Thomas Pittman Saunders

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14 Oct 2007 (aged 81)
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Ivor, Southampton County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Ivor, Virginia
Kathryn Pittman Saunders, 81, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. The youngest of ten children, she was born in Ivor, VA to the late Ernest W. Pittman and Mabel Gertrude Williams Pittman. Kathryn was a retired vice president of the Bank of Sussex and Surry; was a member of the WMU and choir at Ivor Baptist Church where she was a member; was a member of the Southampton County Planning Commission; and a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a true "southern lady" who lived life to the fullest. Mrs. Saunders was predeceased by her husband, Alonza Walter "Rusty" Saunders, Sr.

She is survived by two daughters, Deborah Saunders Wheawill and her husband, Dick, of Richmond, Kay Saunders Joyner and her husband, Wesley, of Courtland; a son, A. Walter Saunders, Jr. and his wife, Lisa, of Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren, Courtney L. Wheawill, Matthew T. Wheawill, Susan J. Fowler and husband, Travis, Stephen W. Joyner, Robert W. Joyner, Katie Saunders, Samuel Saunders; two great-grandchildren, Jacob and Ian Fowler; sisters, Margaret P. Eggleston and Gladys P. Beale; and sisters-in-law, Frances Stamatas and Laura S. James.

Funeral services will be held in the Purviance Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. with the Rev. Steve Gupton officiating. Interment will follow in Ivor Cemetery.
Ivor, Virginia
Kathryn Pittman Saunders, 81, passed away Sunday, October 14, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. The youngest of ten children, she was born in Ivor, VA to the late Ernest W. Pittman and Mabel Gertrude Williams Pittman. Kathryn was a retired vice president of the Bank of Sussex and Surry; was a member of the WMU and choir at Ivor Baptist Church where she was a member; was a member of the Southampton County Planning Commission; and a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a true "southern lady" who lived life to the fullest. Mrs. Saunders was predeceased by her husband, Alonza Walter "Rusty" Saunders, Sr.

She is survived by two daughters, Deborah Saunders Wheawill and her husband, Dick, of Richmond, Kay Saunders Joyner and her husband, Wesley, of Courtland; a son, A. Walter Saunders, Jr. and his wife, Lisa, of Virginia Beach; seven grandchildren, Courtney L. Wheawill, Matthew T. Wheawill, Susan J. Fowler and husband, Travis, Stephen W. Joyner, Robert W. Joyner, Katie Saunders, Samuel Saunders; two great-grandchildren, Jacob and Ian Fowler; sisters, Margaret P. Eggleston and Gladys P. Beale; and sisters-in-law, Frances Stamatas and Laura S. James.

Funeral services will be held in the Purviance Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. with the Rev. Steve Gupton officiating. Interment will follow in Ivor Cemetery.


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