Daughter of Elmer and Martha Pittman, Sister of Otis, Bessie, and Orvis. mother of Charles Edward Johnson, grandmother of Betty Darlene, James Ralph, Marion Daniel, and Margaret Leean, she died of cancer, and had been committed to the state hospital for encephalitis, which, in those days was considered a mental illness. buried on the hospital grounds. in an unmarked forgotten grave, but never forgotten in the hearts of her family.∼Ethel was divorced from L.B. Holman and had been living in Owensboro, Ky. Her father was Elmer Pittman and her mother's name was not known.
She was a patient at Western State for 4 years/3 months when she died from cancer of the bowels and encephalitis w/Parkinson's disease. her burial was held in the hospital cemetery February 7th. Although her grave is no longer marked, hospital records list her as "Grave Marker #58".
She was a patient at Western State for 4 years/3 months when she died from cancer of the bowels and encephalitis w/Parkinson's disease. her burial was held in the hospital cemetery February 7th. Although her grave is no longer marked, hospital records list her as "Grave Marker #58".
Daughter of Elmer and Martha Pittman, Sister of Otis, Bessie, and Orvis. mother of Charles Edward Johnson, grandmother of Betty Darlene, James Ralph, Marion Daniel, and Margaret Leean, she died of cancer, and had been committed to the state hospital for encephalitis, which, in those days was considered a mental illness. buried on the hospital grounds. in an unmarked forgotten grave, but never forgotten in the hearts of her family.∼Ethel was divorced from L.B. Holman and had been living in Owensboro, Ky. Her father was Elmer Pittman and her mother's name was not known.
She was a patient at Western State for 4 years/3 months when she died from cancer of the bowels and encephalitis w/Parkinson's disease. her burial was held in the hospital cemetery February 7th. Although her grave is no longer marked, hospital records list her as "Grave Marker #58".
She was a patient at Western State for 4 years/3 months when she died from cancer of the bowels and encephalitis w/Parkinson's disease. her burial was held in the hospital cemetery February 7th. Although her grave is no longer marked, hospital records list her as "Grave Marker #58".
