Ode Ioa RICE
- Born: 12 Jan 1916, Erwin, Unicoi Co., TN 55
- Marriage: Chalmer Harold PITTSENBARGER on 21 Mar 1947 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV 5062
- Died: 29 Dec 2009, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV at age 93 55
- Buried: 1 Jan 2010, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV 68
General Notes:
The Beckley Register-Herald, Beckley, WV, Online Edition, 1 January 2010
OAK HILL \emdash Our devoted mother and grandmother, Ode Ioa Rice Pittsenbarger, 93, of Oak Hill, W.Va., died on Tuesday, December 29, 2009, at Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, W.Va.
Born January 12, 1916, at Erwin, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Lilly Rice.
A resident of Oak Hill since 1969, Ode was a faithful member of the Oak Hill Apostolic Holiness Church for 43 years. She was a very faithful saint of God.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Chalmer Harold Pittsenbarger; a brother, Clark Rice; and sisters, Rebecca, Kelly, May, Zenna, Estelle, Elsie, Jessie and Pansy.
Survivors include son, Harold "Skip" Pittsenbarger and wife, Drema, of Louisville, Ky., granddaughter, Christy McClary and husband, Rob, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., grandson, Michael Pittsenbarger and wife, Britney, of Tuscaloosa, three and one-half great-grandchildren, John Mark McClary, Amanda McClary and Chloe Pittsenbarger all of Tuscaloosa and Kelli Pittsenbarger who is to be born in March of 2010, as well as Peggy Ballard and husband, Danny, also of Tuscaloosa.
Services will be on Friday, January 1, 2010, at 2 p.m. at the Apostolic Holiness Church in Oak Hill with Rev. Carlos Lewis and Evangelist Erik Lewis officiating. Burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity. Friends may call two hours prior to the service today at the church.
Online condolences may be sent at www.tyreefuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by Tyree Funeral Home, Oak Hill, W.Va.
Ode married Chalmer Harold PITTSENBARGER, son of Charles Marion PITTSENBARGER and Lula Pearl O'DELL, on 21 Mar 1947 in Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV.5062 (Chalmer Harold PITTSENBARGER was born on 6 Jan 1913 in Carl, Nicholas Co., WV,55,5062 died on 27 Apr 2000 in Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV 55 and was buried on 1 May 2000 in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV 74.)
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