Rev. William (Bill) Pitts Sr., son of  Ruby Tunnell Pitts of El Reno, Oklahoma and the late James Robert Pitts Sr. was born on August 16, 1941 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and departed this life in the Golden Living Center in Dexter on September 3, 2012 at the age of 71.

     Rev. Pitts was a minister in the Assembly Of God Church for forty one years, pastoring churches in Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma.  He was a veteran of the United States Air Force, a Eagle Scout and recipient of the Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award.

     He was united in marriage to Lenora Ann Long on January 5, 1961 at Worthington.  Mrs. Pitts preceded him in death on January 26, 2007.

     He is survived by one son, William E. Pitts Jr. of El Reno, Oklahoma: by three daughters, Ruby Lenora Pitts of Kansas City, Billie Shelton of Dexter and Lisa Renee Marsh of Columbia: by his mother, Ruby Pitts of El Reno, Oklahoma: by two brothers, Roy Allen Pitts of Edmond, Oklahoma and Thomas Edward Pitts of El Reno, Oklahoma: by one sister, Sally Sue Sims of Lawton,  Oklahoma: by eleven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

     Besides his wife and father, he was preceded in death by one brother, James Robert Pitts Jr.

     Friends may call at the Glad Tidings Assembly Of God Church in Moberly, from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 5, 2012.  Funeral services will then be conducted at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, September 6, 2012 in the Glad Tidings Assembly Of God Church with Rev, Manuel Shultz officiating.  Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Jacksonville with Full Military Honors.

     Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter in charge of arrangements.