Tabitha Pearl Pewitt

Tabitha Pearl Pewitt passed away peacefully on July 13th, 2024. Born at home in Anes Station, Marshall County, Tennessee on August 15th, 1942 to Aubrey Brown and Mary Sue (Horton)Turner, Tabitha was named after her maternal and paternal grandmothers and spent much of her life explaining the pronunciation of her name- Tabitha with a long "i". She attended elementary school there in Anes Station and graduated from Marshall County High School in Lewisburg, Tennessee. The summer after graduation, she married Lester Pewitt. They met at a square dance in Lynchburg, Tennessee that she attended with her sister and cousins. He watched her all night and saw she was leaving. He walked up to her and said, "won't you be cold without your sweater?" One of their first dates was to Huntsville, Alabama to eat pizza because she had never tried pizza, as no restaurant in Middle Tennessee served pizza in 1954.In the beginning of their marriage, they rented a room in Shelbyville and later lived in two different homes on Hickory Drive. These were good years for Tabitha and where she brought home Shawn, Brenda and Les. Tabitha moved with her family to a farm in the community of Halls Mill where Lori was brought home. When Lester had short-term, debilitating back problems, Tabitha took over the farm and livestock. She often told of waiting until the cows were in the back field, running to the barn and throwing the hay down quickly before they returned. Tabitha was an excellent cook and everyone hoped she brought her famous coconut cake to potlucks and picnics. She played the piano at Crowell's Chapel church in Halls Mill before she and Lester eventually changed their membership to the First Church of the Nazarene in Shelbyville. Tabitha worked at Jostens for decades and made lifelong friends there. To know Tabitha was to love her. She was a wonderful mother and grandmother and possessed an innate elegance, quiet determination, and great sense of humor. Tabitha taught everyone around her what unconditional love is and how to love others as Jesus loves us. Tabitha was preceded in death by parents Brown and Mary Sue (Mae) Turner and infant daughter, Mary Pewitt. She leaves behind her sister and lifelong best friend, Betty Joe Robertson of Lynchburg and four children, Shawn (Mario) Diaz, Brenda (Jim) Sanchez), Les (Vickie) Pewitt and Lori Ann(Brian) Swistak, eight grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Please join us in celebrating her life on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at Gowen Smith Chapel in Shelbyville. Visitation at 12:00, funeral at 2:00 with burial to follow at Crowell's Chapel Cemetery in the Hall's Mill community