Four Oaks, NC: Mr. Donald A. Pitcher, age 91, of 497 US Hwy 701 South died Friday at Liberty Commons Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Benson. Funeral Service will be held 2:00PM Sunday at the Rose and Graham Funeral Home Chapel, Four Oaks. Officiating will be Rev. Tom Wagoner.
Mr. Pitcher was born January 16, 1923 in New York to the late Lawrence, Sr. and Mattie Drake Pitcher . He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia M. Pitcher; sister, Eloise Havrilak; brother, Lawrence "Jack" Pitcher, Jr. Mr. Pitcher was a retired diary farmer and security guard. He was also a WWII veteran.
Surviving include his children and spouses, John Pitcher and wife, Sherry of Benson, Helen P. Allen and husband, Donnie of Four Oaks, Clayton Pitcher of Four Oaks; Fifteen Grandchildren; Ten Great-Grandchildren; Sisters, Norma Jean Wilcox of Maine, NY, Rowena A. Hust of Ithica, NY, Bernice F. Payne of Durham; Brother, Richard Pitcher of NY; Several Nieces and Nephews.
Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks immediately following the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to American Cancer Society P. O. Box 1544 Smithfield, NC 27577.