Corey Pittman - The Smyth County Jam is happy to welcome Corey Pittman from Avery County, NC. Corey is a paramedic, as well as a fine musician. Corey is a member of a gospel bluegrass band called "Pure Heart", who travel all over the eastern coast of the USA. His dad plays guitar, piano, and fiddle. Corey himself plays a very good guitar and fiddle, and as he puts it a little mandolin. Tony Rice and Stewart Duncan are musicians he likes to listen to. We encourage Corey to come back to the jam at any time he is able; he is surely an asset to any musical gathering.
In Memorandum
Corey Shawn Pittman, age 41, of Harris Street in Spruce Pine, died Monday, May 30, 2016 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine. Born on June 6, 1974 in Avery County, he was the son of Sherrill and Lana Stafford Pittman. He was a member of the Henson Creek Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Green Valley Fire Department and became a Junior Fireman at age fourteen and a member of the Linville Central Rescue Squad. Corey was a paramedic for twenty-two years, ten of those twenty-two years as a flight paramedic and also was a critical care educator. He was a North Carolina delegate to International Trauma Life Support and the Director of Critical Care Education at A-B Tech. He loved helping others, playing music, driving trucks, traveling and being outdoors with his family. Left to cherish his memories are his wife; Fern Eva-Marie Pittman of Spruce Pine; his parents; Sherrill and Lana Stafford Pittman of Newland; his step daughter; Morgan Miller of Spruce Pine; his step son; Noah Miller of Spruce Pine; and his sister-in-law; Rachael Rice of Portland, OR. The family respectfully requests the honor of your presence at the funeral service honoring the life of Corey Pittman on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 3:00 pm at the Avery County High School Gym with the Rev’s Junior Carver and Luther Carver officiating. A time to support the family, share memories and receive friends will be Saturday, June 4, 2016 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the Avery County High School Gym. Interment will immediately follow the funeral service in the White's Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to the Corey Pittman Scholarship Fund. A memorial scholarship has been created in his honor. Please send donations to: Education Foundation, C/O Avery County Schools, 775 Cranberry Street, Newland, NC 28657. Please indicate that your donation is for the Corey Pittman Scholarship Fund. Words of comfort may be e-mailed to the family by going to our website; www.webbfh.com., selecting Corey Pittman’s name and then you may sign his guestbook. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine, NC is honored to be assisting the Pittman family. Corey’s obituary has also been posted on Facebook for viewing.
