Visitation for Mrs. Clara Mae Pitts will be Thursday, May 27, 2021 from 3:00 pm until 6:00 with a Family Visitation from 5:00 pm until 6:00 pm at the funeral home.

Clara Mae Coar Pitts was born October 31, 1936 in Bleeker, AL to John R. Coar Jr and Laura Bell Cook Coar . She gradu ated from South Girard High School in 1955, and later completed programs at Charmette Beauty School and Nursing School. Mrs. Pitts accepted C hrist at an early age and join ed Phillips Temple CME Church in Phenix City, Al . She later joined Weeping Mary Baptist Church (now Spread the Word Ministries) after joining in matrimony to Norman Pitts Jr .  This union produce d six son s and two daughters.

Momma was a sweet, kindhearted person who never really met a stranger. Her warm smile and calming presence always welcomed anyone into conversation , and as a result led to relationships with lifelong friend s . She had a great love for flowers and plants. She took great pride in growing her own vegetable and flower gardens . Her greatest love, however, was that of her children , and children in general . Momma n ot only rear ed her own children and help raise her grandchildren, nieces & nephews , but she was also a " mother " to the community , providing everything from encouragement to correction .  It was this legacy of maternal love and caring that led her to start 'Clara's Daycare.' Though it was a business, Mom "m o thered" more than 20 children with the same love, care, and compassion as she did her own.  T hey never forgot her and often visited her, and to this day still affectionally call her "Momma Clara."

M omma made her eternal transition to be with the Lord on May 23, 2021 .

She was preceded in death by her parents: John R. and Laura B. Coar , and two sisters: Helen Roland and Rosie Lee Bass.

Precious memories of Clara Mae Coar Pitts will be cherished by her husband of 62 years Norman Pitts, Jr; two daughters : N orma (David) Tufts of Gray, GA, Nikita Pitts of Phenix City, AL ; six sons: Norman V. (Monica) Pitts III of Stone Mountain, GA, Kevin N. (Lisa) Pitts , Nolan M. (Muriel) Pitts , Norris Pitts all of Phenix City , AL , Norvelle (Athena) Pitts of Montgomery, AL , Nathaniel Pitts of Birmingham, AL ; two sisters: Laura J. Price of Littleton, NC , and Claudette Coar of Phenix City , AL ; one brother: John R (Patsy) Coar III of Phenix City, AL; one uncle : Oliver Coar of Phenix City, AL; one great aunt : Frances Cook of Motts, AL; 10 grandchildren: Kimberly Chappel l , Norman Pitts IV and Sydney Chappell all of Stone Mountain, GA ; Monica ( Anthony) Marshall of Smyrna, GA ; Normandi (Marlon) Amprey of Baltimore, MD ; LaMarcus Palmer of Smiths, Al ; Cameron Pitts of Norcross, GA ; Nile Pitts of Nanjing, China , and Nia Pitts of Huntsville, AL; four great-grandchildren: Markiel Palmer, Nairobi Pitts, Amara Amprey and November Pitts ; five sisters-n-law s : Willie Pearl Harris of Besse mer , AL , Emma Jane (William) Madden , Stella Pitts , Marion Pitts and Rachel Pitts all of Atlanta, GA ; four brothers-n-law s : Anthie Lee (Mary) Pitts of Smiths, AL, Elisha (Debra) Pitts of Seale, AL, John D . Pitts and Allen P. Pitts of Detroit, MI; Numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Her Car e taker: Anna Hol den .