Calvin Aubrey Pittman

Calvin Aubrey Pittman, age 83, resident of Somerville and retired from the automobile industry, departed this life Thursday morning, May 12, 2016 at the Rainbow Health & Rehab in Bartlett.

Services of Remembrance for Mr. Pittman were conducted at 3 P.M. Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at the Peebles West Funeral Chapel at Oakland with Bro. Gordon Montgomery officiating. Interment followed in the Wyatt Cemetery at Hornsby. Arrangements were provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes & Cremation Center - West Chapel at Oakland.

Mr. Pittman was born January 30, 1933 in Somerville. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lofton Pittman and Tiny Lola Cooper Pittman. He was the owner of Pittman Used Cars in the Frayser area of Shelby County for 30 years before his retirement. He was a former resident of Bartlett before moving back to Somerville. Mr. Pittman was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed fishing and working.

Mr. Pittman is survived by four daughters, Janet Akins of Southaven, Mississippi, Jo Ann Pittman of Lexington, Tennessee, Rosemary Johnson of Bartlett, Tennessee who died May 13, 2016, Darline Smith of Bartlett, Tennessee; his son, David Pittman of Memphis, Tennessee; his sister, Kathrine Stewart of Eads, Tennessee; his brother, Jody Johnson of Jackson, Tennessee; four grandchildren, Henry Simmerman of Southaven, Mississippi, Michael Joyner of Arlington, Tennessee, David Akins of Memphis, Tennessee, Brittney Douglas of Lexington, Tennessee; and four great-grandchildren, Chris Simmerman, James Douglas, Olivia Douglas and Aidan Joyner.

Those honored to serve as pallbearers were Henry Simmerman, Michael Joyner, David Akins, Chris Simmerman, Joseph Coiner and Clint Odum.

The family requests that memorials be directed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Department 142, Memphis, TN 38148 or LeBonheur Children’s Hospital, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174.