Obituary: The Eldon Advertiser, July 1978 Lloyd James Bittle, 65, Rte. 2, Eldon, died Sunday, July 30, 1978, at his home. He had lived in the Eldon area since 1971 and was a Miller County native. Mr. Bittle was born March 29, 1913, to Albert and Sarah Winters Bittle. Oct. 14, 1937, he was married to Wilma Elaine Shackleford in Wyandotte County, Kan. She survives at Eldon. For 19 years Mr. Bittle raised poultry. He retired in 1965. He was a member of the Spring Garden Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, James A. Bittle, Rocky Mount; two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Carol Hale, Henley, and Mrs. Patricia Anna Milholland, Eldon; a brother, Ralph Bittle, Eugene; two sisters, Mrs. Ada Shackleford, Eugene, and Mrs. Beatrice Hayes, Olean; and seven grandchildren. A son, William Robert Bittle died Nov. 11, 1961, and he was also preceded by three brothers, Archie Bittle, Sammy Bittle and Billy Bittle. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Phillips Funeral Home in Eldon. Bro. Raymond Bond officiated. Burial was in the Tuscumbia Cemetery with nephews as pallbearers.