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DATE: FRIDAY, February 11, 1994                   TAG: 9402160323
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLUEFIELD, W.VA.                                 LENGTH: Medium

OBIT LOTITO, TONY SR.

LOTITO, Tony Sr., 86, of 2012 Wythe Avenue, Bluefield, W.Va., died Wednesday, February 9, 1994 in a Bluefield Hospital. Born in Bari, Italy, he was the son of the late Steve Lotito and Marie Gargaro Lotito. He was a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church in Bluefield where he was a Deacon and taught the Men's Bible Class. He had been an area resident of Bluefield since 1937. He was Football Coach of the Year in 1944, Basketball Coach of the Year in 1945, J.C.'s Man of the Year 1946-47, a member of the American Legion Post #9, Distinguished Citizen in 1945, member of Emory and Henry College Sports Hall of Fame in 1973. He was a Charter Member of the Bluefield Sports Hall of Fame. He was a Teacher and Coach at the following schools: Buchanan County Mission School from 1930-32, Pocahontas High School from 1933-37, Bluefield College, 1937-43, Beaver High School from 1943-46, Fairview Jr. High School, 1968-73. He was the Recreation Director for the City of Bluefield from 1947-67. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Ralph and Dominick Lotito and one sister, Ann C. Lotito. Survivors include his wife, Rena Peraldo Lotito of the home; one son, Tony (Dusky) Lotito Jr. of Pounding Mill; one daughter, Mrs. John (Jeanne) Morris of Culloden, W.Va.; three brothers, Crist Lotito of Pulaski, Frank Lotito of Mira Loma, Calif., Nick Lotito of Pocahontas; two sisters, Katherine Barrett of Norfolk, Josephine Wise of Pulaski; five grandchildren, Tony, Bill and Chris Morris, Marty and Katie Lotito; two great-grandchildren, John and Brittany Morris. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Bluefield with Dr. W.D. Hasty officiating. Entombment will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel in Bluewell, W.Va. Friends may call at the Mercer Funeral Home in Bluefield today from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or First Presbyterian Church of Bluefield. 


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