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Gordon Ingram Pittman

Former longtime Index Editor Jack U. Harwell died early this morning in Atlanta.

Posted Thursday, February 5, 2015 2:56 pm

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Gordon Ingram Pittman, 85, of Columbus, died Dec. 21.

Ingram served for many years as an area missionary through the GBC South Georgia Area Missions Program in addition to being pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Barney.

Preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Betty Jane O’Connor Pittman, he is survived by a son, John, of Rock Hill, SC; daughter, Stephanie Cullison, of Ellerslie; two grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

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