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Submitted: 4/29/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R414316-G414315-S3
Aug 12, 1948 - Dec 31, 2010
Married Richard Lee Aug 21, 1980
*Obituary
Kathy Diane Pitts, age 62, of Carlsbad, died Dec. 31, 2010.
Kathy was born Aug. 12, 1948, in Clovis, N.M., to Milton (Dick) and Mary Beck.
She attended Melrose, N.M., Public Schools until the family moved to Brownfield, Texas, in 1957, where she attended Brownfield Public Schools and graduated from Brownfield High School in 1966. She also attended Lubbock Christian College.
On Aug. 21, 1980, she married Richard Pitts.
She worked many years for the Lea and Eddy County Extension offices and retired from New Mexico State University in Carlsbad.
She was a member of the Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her father, Milton E. Beck.
She is survived by her husband, Richard Pitts of Carlsbad, N.M.; daughter, Rachele Milenski and husband, Eric of Perryton, Texas; two grandchildren: Ashlee and Cole Milenski; mother, Mary Beck of Brownfield, Texas; and sisters: Debbie Jones and Pam Pearson of Amarillo, Texas.
Kathy will always be remembered for her infectious smile, sweet personality and servant heart. Her pride and joy were her daughter and grandchildren.
There will be a public visitation from 6-8 p.m. today (Jan. 4) at Brownfield Funeral Home, 120 W. Tate, Brownfield, Texas.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, at Brownfield Church of Christ in Brownfield, Texas, with Bob Reynolds officiating.
Interment will be in Terry County Memorial Cemetery, Brownfield, Texas.
Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the New Mexico Children's Home, 1356 NM 236, Portales, NM 88130 or The American Cancer Society 10501 Montgomery Blvd. NE # 300, Albuquerque, NM 87111. Condolences may be expressed at dentonwood.com.
Published in Carlsbad Current-Argus on Jan. 4, 2011.
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