Larry Tittle Obituary

Larry Tittle February 9, 1939- May 16, 2024

PORT ST LUCIE, FL - Larry passed peacefully at home to join his son Mark with his Heavenly Father on May 16, 2024. He was born February 9, 1939 in Erwin, Tennessee, to Margaret (Maggie) Parker Tittle and Roscoe L Tittle.

His childhood was filled with sports and traveling the hills of East Tennessee. He met his future wife Patsy in seventh grade playing neighborhood "kick-the-can". He always stole the can.

Larry graduated in the class of 1957 at Unicoi Co. High School. He had an appointment by then Tennessee Congressman Jimmy Quillen to the US Air Force Academy but could not pass the low pressure at high altitude test.

He graduated from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, now Tennessee Tech University, in 1961 with a B.S in Accounting. He was part of advanced US Army R.O.T.C. students admitted into the Charter Membership of the R.O.T.C. Gryphons Society where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. in the US Army. He served in the US Armed Services for 2 years and 6 months and was discharged as a 1st LT., then serving in the US Army Tennessee Reserves for an additional 2 years.

Larry worked in the Treasurer Division of Eastman Chemical Co. (formally Eastman Kodak) for 32 years and retired early to live on Boone Lake in Tennessee, boating, fishing, watching wildlife and traveling with his wife.

Larry loved art, art galleries and museums and was fascinated with working with precious stones as a hobby and setting the stones as gifts for his family and friends. He continued to collect and work on clocks as a hobby as his father had done before him. He especially loved Christmas and began planning, buying and wrapping all his gifts in July.

Larry and Patsy moved to Hunters Lake in Johnson City, TN for a number of years and then to Port St. Lucie, Florida in 2013 to be closer to their daughter.

He was a Charter member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Kingsport, Tennessee.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Patricia Alderman Tittle, Port St. Lucie, Florida, daughter Scotti Tittle-Cook, Dania Beach, Florida and niece, Julie Tittle-Taylor, Blue Ridge, Georgia.

Larry was predeceased by his parents, Margaret (Maggie) Parker Tittle and Roscoe L. Tittle, his brother Dr. Roger L. Tittle and sister-in-law Sharron (Griffith) Tittle and his son Jon Mark Tittle.

The family will be having a private celebration of Larry's life and private burial services in Tennessee at a later time.

Larry's family wishes to thank the 4th floor staff and Hardik Soni MD at Cleveland Clinic Tradition for the care he received and Dr. Peter Zeblisky for his many years of care, VNA Home health of Florida and Treasure Coast Hospice. Many thanks to all the friends and neighbors who have reached out to us at this time.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations in Larry's name to the Unicoi County Heritage Museum, 529 Federal Hatchery Rd., Erwin, TN 37650 (423-743-9449), The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, PO Box 393, Hohenwald, TN 38462 (non-profit) [email protected] (931-796-6500), or the Treasure Coast Hospice @ treasurehealth.org.

Arrangements are under the direction of Aycock at Tradition, Port St. Lucie, FL. Private graveside services will be held at East Lawn Memory Gardens, Kingsport, Tennessee.