Bessie Marita Roberts Pitman, age 84 of the Faubush community, departed this life on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Somerwoods Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

She was born on April 3, 1927 in Faubush, Kentucky to the late Charlie and Vida Cundiff Roberts.  Mrs. Pitman had worked as a postal assistant for the United States Postal Service and served as an election officer for over thirty years. She was a great cook, loved quilting and sewing, growing a flower garden and garden.  Mrs. Pitman was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church and she loved her church. She   was also a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. 

Mrs. Pitman is survived by five sons, Danny (and Sandy) Pitman of Ferguson, KY, Charles (and Debbie) Pitman of Faubush, KY, Michael (and Gloria) Pitman of Somerset,  Bruce (and Judy) Pitman of Nancy, KY, and David (and Star) Pitman of Somerset; two daughters, Diane (and Dannie) Holt of Indianapolis, IN and Cathy (and Billy) Coner of Nancy, KY; sixteen grandchildren, Sherrye Lemmon, Malissa Thacker, Dawn Correll, Gregory Holt, Bennie Holt, Michele Alarcon, Julena Dugger, Jacob Pitman, Heather Coner, Brandy Hewitt, Brandon Pitman, Tyson Pitman, Michael Scott Pitman, Marita Lynn Gutierrez, Dustin Pitman and Lucretia Pitman; thirty great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild, Jade Alexis Brown; her three brothers, Vertrees Roberts, James “Jim” Roberts, and Teddy J. Roberts all of Faubush, KY; and her three sisters, Lois Roberts Hatfield, Betty Jo Roberts Garner, and Sue Roberts Tarter  all of Nancy, KY. 

Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Glen Pitman, whom she married on October 31, 1948 in Russell Springs, KY; a grandson, Jordon Lee Pitman; a brother, Milburn Roberts; two sisters, Pauline Roberts and one who died in infancy; and a sister-in-law, Opal Roberts. 

Visitation for Mrs. Pitman will be Sunday, October 16th after 5:00 pm at Lake Cumberland Funeral Home, 1046 West Highway 80, Somerset, Kentucky.

Funeral service will be held on Monday, October 17th at 1:00 pm at the Chapel of Lake Cumberland Funeral Home with Brother Roy Allen and Brother Murrell Crockett officiating.  Burial will be in the Mill Springs National Cemetery in Nancy, KY.

The family request that expressions of sympathy be made to the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Fund.