John S. Pittard

John S. Pittard
LONE STAR - John Sharpe Pittard was born March 15, 1925 to Mary Sharpe and Benton M. Pittard in Orange County, North Carolina. He graduated from UNC at Chapel Hill and served as a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot during WWII.
He owned and operated numerous motels and restaurants in the southeast and had the honor and the responsibility of being the "Best Western Governor" of South Carolina for the Best Western motel chain for twenty years.
A devoted Lutheran, John helped to form mission churches and served on a number of church leadership committees throughout his life. He was a member for many years of Pine Grove Lutheran Church in Lone Star, South Carolina, where he enjoyed teaching Sunday school.
John was a lover of the natural world. In support of this belief, he helped to maintain pristine lake waters by serving on the Lake Marion Association.
John lived his life with passionate energy every day, whether he was traveling the world, building a business, working in the yard, or playing canasta at the dining room table. He was an extraordinary gardener, decent fisherman, avid bird watcher, and there is no one who could tell a story any finer.
Quick, funny, strong and wise, he had many close life long friends who helped so much near the end. His last concerns were for those friends and family and mostly, of course, for his "Dear Love".
John Pittard was preceded in death by his brother, Bernelle (Pitt) Pittard and by his first wife, Beverly H. Pittard.
He is survived by his "Dear Love" and wife of thirty five years, Jeanette B. Pittard, his twin sons, Jan (Becky) Pittard and Tracy (Nancy) Pittard, stepsons Tom Trotter and Ron (Terri) Trotter, four grandchildren Nicole Lebron, Paige Fleming, John Douglas Pittard and Camille Leaman, five stepgrandchildren Andrew Trotter, Will Carrasquillo, Niki Carrasquillo, Andromeda Burley and Adrianna Burley, three great grandchildren, two nephews, Dr. John (Michelle) Pittard and Jay (Heidi) Pittard and many step nieces and nephews and grandnieces and nephews.
Pall bearers are Doug Pittard, John Pittard, Jay Pittard, Tom Trotter, Ron Trotter, Andrew Trotter, Richard A Felder, and Jim Capaldi. Honorary Pall bearers are Bill Carson, Bill Marks, Kelly Bond, Bobby Ebner, Carlo Lebron, and John Fleming
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 23, 2010, at Pine Grove Lutheran Church in Lone Star, S.C. A visitation period will be from 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Monday, February 22, 2010, at Fogle Hungerpiller Funeral Home, Elloree, S.C.
Memorials honoring John's life can be made to the Home Health/Hospice Program at Regional Medical Center, 3000 St. Matthews Road, Orangeburg, S.C. 29118 or Pine Grove Lutheran Church, 2688 McCord's Ferry Road, Lone Star, S.C. 29030