Paul Nathaniel Pittenger Jr.

Mr. Pittenger was born in Statesville, North Carolina on September 18, 1926, son of the late Paul Nathaniel Pittenger, Sr. and Mildred Hall Pittenger. He served in the U.S. Navy in WW II. He received his music degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Mr. Pittenger taught math and music at Southport High School, and music at Milton High School, Alpharetta, Georgia. He played French Horn with the Chattanooga Symphony, and the Greensboro Orchestra, and was founder and conductor of Bowie State Orchestra, Maryland. Upon retirement from the Social Security Administration in Maryland, he and his wife, Patricia Arrington Pittenger, moved to Southport, devoting themselves to volunteer work in the performing arts. He was founder and conductor of the Brunswick Concert Band. Over twenty years, Mr. Pittenger’s performing included accompanying and acting with Brunswick Little Theater. With his wife, he designed and built his dream home in Southport.

Mr. Pittenger was preceded in death by his three sisters, Mildred Mitchell, Lucy Smith, and Julia Pittenger. Survivors include his wife of 63 years Patricia; daughter Erinn Pittenger Hughes and husband Rusty of Southport; sons Paul Eldridge Pittenger and wife Nancy of Sunset Harbor, Eric Hall Pittenger of Southport, and David Douglas Pittenger and wife Jennifer of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; grandchildren Thomas Hughes (Mimi), Greer Hughes (Lindsey), Melissa Capps, Abbey Capps, Hayley Pittenger (and mother Geryl Pittenger), Mia and Matthew Thorsen, and Julia Pittenger; great grandchildren Rowan and Harbor Hughes, Savannah and Emma Britt; sister-in-law Stuart Arrington Callari and family; and nieces and nephews: John Mitchell (Rachel), Paul Mitchell (Paige), Millie Steinbrecher (Alan), Terry Smith (Joe), Paul Smith (Bonnie), Jim Rogers, Katherine Lavery (Hank), Susan MacAuley (Pat).

A memorial service will be held Friday April 28th, at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Southport.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SECU Hospice of Brunswick, 955 Mercy Lane, Bolivia, North Carolina 28422, or St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 205 E. Moore Street, Southport, North Carolina 28461.

Online condolences may be made at www.peacocknewnamwhite.com.