Marie O. Howard Hitt

By Staff
June 13, 2009
Funeral for Marie O. Howard Hitt, 86, of Decatur was Tuesday, June 16, at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Henderson officiating.
Burial was in New Friendship Cemetery in Somerville.
Mrs. Hitt died Saturday, June 13, 2009, at her residence. She was born June 2, 1923, in Morgan County to James Edgar Grantland and Florence Eunie Blevins Grantland. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Hitt, a daughter and three sons.
She is survived by a son, Terry Howard of Decatur; a daughter, Judy King of Decatur; a sister, Pauline Sims of Priceville; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Pallbearers were Jerry Bales, Brandon Howard, Virgil Dotson, Matt Graham, Don Turner, Alvin Deloney, Jimmy Chavest and Dean Chavest.