Funeral service for Mary Pitts, 86, of Opelika, AL, will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Ferguson Chapel C.M.E. Church, 310 South 4th Street, Opelika, AL, 36801 with interment in Memory Hill Cemetery, Highway 280 East, Opelika, AL, 36801, Reverend Orlando Sims, Jr., Pastor, Eulogist, Pastor Larry Threatts.

Mrs. Pitts, who passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025 at her home in Opelika, Alabama, was born February 1, 1939, in Lee County, Alabama.

Public viewing will be Friday, March 21, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Mrs. Pitts will lie in repose at the church one hour prior to the service.

She leaves behind those who will celebrate her as a powerful ancestor: her children, Melanie (Willie) Williams, Reverend Mildred Watson, Ivan (Nicole) Hughley, Akemi (Karelton) Dunovant and Alexious (Nakia) Hughley; stepchildren, Susan Hughley, Elaine (Tony) Edwards, Eldred Hughley, Margaret (Larry)Threatts, Eugene (Veronica) Pitts, Jefferey Pitts, Lisa Pitts, and Ronald (Eusherla) Pitts; godchildren, Mark Harrison, Gloria Miles and Evangeline Miles; brothers, Jeffery (Mae Lee) Finch and Steve (Patricia) Finch; sisters, Artancy Davis, Elizabeth (Daniel) Sherrell, Sharon (Jessie) Stephens; son-in-law, Herman Allen; sisters-in-law, Mattie Hughley, Juanita Finch, Sandra Finch, Emma Jane (William) Madden, and Stella Pitts; brothers-in-law, Walter (Helen) Hughley, Willie Joe (Doris) Hughley, Norman Pitts, John Pitts, Elisha (Debra) Pitts, and Allen Pitts; along with 39 grandchildren, 81 great grandchildren, 25 great-great grandchildren, an array of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.