Funeral services for Clayberne Pitts, 85, of Marked Tree who died Thursday, July 17, 2003 were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 22 at Murphy Funeral Home chapel of Marked Tree, with Jesse Hodges and Phillip Rogers officiating. Burial followed in Marked Tree Cemetery.

Active pallbearers were Robbie Bankston, Ronald Tacker, Keith Tacker, R.J. Pitts, Sky Hood, David Pitts Jr., Ray Harrson Jr. and Wayne Hendrix.

A member of Neiswander Baptist Church, he was a retired factory supervisor for Gothan in Marked Tree and an Army veteran of World War II, during which he received a Purple Heart.

Survivors include his wife, Beatrice Pitts of Marked Tree; four sons, Harold Pitts of Mountain View and David Pitts, Travis Pitts and Keith Pitts, all of Marked Tree; two daughters, Carolyn Harson of Marked Tree and Linda Hinton of Tyronza; two sisters, Josephine McFerrin of Clinton and Mary Milks Olwein of Iowa; one brother, R.J. Pitts of Marked Tree; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.