Mr. Luther Pittman

PITTMAN, Mr. Luther - age 85, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at Hurley Medical Center. Family hour 10 a.m. Friday, August 15, 2014 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, G-5443 N. Saginaw St. with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Bishop Neal Roberson officiating. Interment Gracelawn Community Cemetery, G-5710 N. Saginaw St. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Friday. Mr. Pittman will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd. and may be viewed from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Mr. Pittman was Honorably Discharged from the U.S. Army. Mr. Pittman was born January 2, 1929 in Brookhaven, Mississippi, the son of Mr. Nathan and Ethel Pittman. Luther was a graduate of Alexander High School, “Class of 1950,” and proudly served his country in the U.S. Army from 1951-1953. Luther married Lillie Mae Earl on November 9, 1953 and worked at Buick, a division of General Motors, for 37 1/2 years, retiring in September 1990. He was in the first graduating class of African American males from General Motors Institute, and was the first African American to serve on the Beecher Board of Education. Luther enjoyed repairing cars and old clocks, he was also liberal with good advice; his family lovingly called him “The Counselor.” He was a hard-worker and cared for his family. Mr. Luther Pittman leaves in God’s care: his loving, devoted wife and caregiver of 60 years, Lillie; daughter, Sylvia; 2 sons, Luther Dewayne, Sr. and Donald (Dellesa) Pittman, all of Flint; god-son, Jeffery (T.C.) Wheeler; 6 grandchildren, Adrienne, and Derrick of Arizona, Luther Dewayne, Jr. (Tiffany) and JaKayla, all of Detroit, MI, Elijah Marshall and, Erica, both of Flint; 8 great-grandchildren, Kayla, Kennedy, Kameron, Emonte, Antonyo, Amaree’a, Ania and Justice; 2 nieces, Rosita Thomas of New Orleans, LA, Jackie Marcellus of Brookhaven, MS; 6 cousins, Carol Kilgore, Leverne McGowan, Thomas and Billy Brown, all of Flint, Lula Adams of Cleveland, OH, Glossie Earl of Brookhaven, MS; 6 sisters-in-law, Minnie Jackson of Detroit, MI, Sallie Herring-French of Mt. Morris, MI, Grace Barkum and Mary Day, both of Gulfport, MS, Lizzie Earl of Oakland, MS and Glossie Earl of Brookhaven, MS; 3 brothers-in-law, Rev. Edward Earl of Brookhaven, MS, Rev. Lester Earl of Chicago, IL and Edward Jackson of Detroit, MI; a host of other relatives and friends including special niece, Mary (Shoat) Herring, Mr. Roosevelt Wiley, Mr. Melvin Banks and Mr. George Montgomery. Mr. Luther Pittman was preceded in death by: 2 granddaughters, Urania Sims-Pittman and Sandra Janay Pittman; parents, Mr. Nathan and Ethel Pittman; father and mother-in-law, Mr. Gothea and Mary Earl; 6 siblings, Viella, P.J., Lewis, W.C., Lula and Estella; 3 sisters-in-law; 4 brothers-in-law. The family would like to express special thanks to the 4th Floor ICU Unit nurses at Hurley Medical Center. Bless you Nurse Anne!

Mr. Luther Pittman

January 2, 1929 - August 5, 2014