Jeanette Hitt

JEANETTE L. HITT Age 76 Austintown- Funeral services will be held at 11 am Tuesday at the Lane Family Funeral Home Austintown Chapel for Jeanette Hitt who died Thursday March 8, 2012. Jeanette was born March 17, 1935 in Buckhannon, W. VA, the daughter of Charles P. and Louise Dever Gay. Jeanette was a member of Austintown Baptist Church where she was very active. She also was an active member of the Austintown Sr. Citizens group and enjoyed reading and playing Bingo. She retired in 1998 from Hill's Department Store in Boardman. Jeanette will be missed by her children; Thomas (JoLynn) Hitt of Hubbard, Kimberly and her fiance Eddie Welch of Girard, Cathy Acosta of Austintown, Cynthia (Ed) Petersen of Washington. She is also survived by grandchildren; T.J. Hitt, Mark Hitt, Corey Hitt, Ty Carter, Brian Carter, Kayla Blancarte, Samantha Petersen, Ryan Petersen, sister Barbara Crislip of Ravenna, brothers, Nelson Gay of Louisville and Larry Gay of Huntington, W. VA. and 10 great grandchildren. Jeanette was preceded in death by her husband Thomas L. Hitt whom she married in 1953 and who died in 2009, her parents, brother Charles P. Gay, and son in law Richard Acosta. The Hitt family requests that memorial contributions take the form of donations to the Austintown Baptist Church. Family and friends may call from 5- 8 pm Monday evening at the funeral home.