Verdell Vertis Pitts

Obituary

Verdell Vertis Pitts

Verdell Vertis Pitts, 97, of Duncan passed away Monday, November 2, 2026, at home.

Services were 2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon, November 6, 2026, at Bailes-Polk Funeral

Home in Duncan with Kelly Pollock officiating. Internment followed at the old Velma

cemetary.

Verdell was born December 3, 1928, on a farm in Comanche County south of Lawton,

Oklahoma. He was the oldest of nine children born to Wylie Ozell Pitts and Sarah

Ethel (n´ee Barton) Pitts. He and Ethel Reva Miller were married on June 10, 1953, in

Comanche, Oklahoma.

Verdell graduated from high school in 1943, and Oklahoma University in 1964. He

enlisted in the Air Force in February 1950 and retired March 1, 1970. In 1971 he went

to work for Halliburton Services, retiring in 1994. He attended Red River Technology

Center for one year. He taught courses for three years and then became a full-time

instructor for nine years, retiring in 2007.

He was preceeded in death by his parents, three brothers, Wylie Ozell Pitts, Melvin

Kenneth Pitts, and David Lester Pitts, and two sisters, Lena Belle Scott, and Dorothy

Faye Whitfield.

Survivors include brother Emzla Joe Pitts, and sisters Nellie Francine Anderlohr and

Janice Jeanette Walker, wife Ethel Reva Pitts, sons Alan Joe Pitts and Bob Lelan Pitts,

and daughter Reva Elaine Westbrook, grandchildren Scott William Pitts, Matthew Alan

Pitts, Brett Ryan Pitts, Joshua Lee Westbrook, Lindsay Leann Westbrook, and Kacey

Deann Westbrook, and nine great-grandchildren Ryder, Luca, Drake, Kiley, Draven,

Kagen, Deklynn, Knightly, and Jazmine.