Maude Maxine Gattis Pittman, 72, of Temperance Hall, died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 at her residence.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Carlisle Funeral Home with the Rev. Tony Smith officiating.

Burial will follow in Edgecombe Memorial Park.

Mrs. Pittman was born in Halifax County to Clifford and Mattie Bland Gattis.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her 17-year-old grandson Jonathan Paul Cruse; two sisters Elizabeth Mason and Nora Lee Pittman and brother Clifford "Little Buddy" Gattis, Jr.

Mrs. Pittman is survived by her husband of 55 years Henry Fitzhugh Pittman; two sons, Glenn Pittman and wife Jean of Tarboro and Mike Pittman of Dortches; three daughters, Linda Barber and husband Marlin of Tarboro, Brenda Cruse and friend Nelson Vinson of Rocky Mount and Rita Wadsworth of Pinetops; nine grandchildren James Barber and wife Heather, Krystle Cruse, Lynn White, Christa Pittman, Chad and Brent Pittman, Heather Pittman, Samantha and Steven Wadsworth; five great-grandchildren David and Kailee White, "Little" T3ed Pittman, Dylan Webb and Rehanna; three sisters, Virginia Williamson, Helen Hushour and Ruby Askew, all of Sulfork, Va.; three brothers, Dale Sandefur of North Carolina, Robert Earl Gattis of Norfolk, Va., and George Gattis of Tenn.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Saturday at Carlisle Funeral Home and other times at the home, 61 Allerton Lane in Temperance Hall.

Funeral arrangements are by Carlisle Funeral Home in Tarboro.

Paid obituary.