Mrs. Lois Marie Hitt, age 73, of Thomaston, GA, formerly of Summerville, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012 at the Upson Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Hitt was born in Savannah, Tennessee on March 9, 1939, daughter of the late Willie Leonard Hunt and Mamie Jewell Butler Hunt. She attended the Lyerly First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Hitt was preceded in death by sister, Jina Jones; brothers, Chester Hunt, Lester Hunt, Kenneth Leon Hunt, Billy Wondell Hunt, George William Henry “Pete” Hunt, and W.R. Hunt; and a grandson, Preston Allen Austin.

Mrs. Hitt is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Angel Marie and Chuck Garner and Amanda Gina and David Locke; brother and sister-in-law, James W. and Irene Hunt; sisters and brother-in-law, Reba Clark, Joyce Johnson, Judy Klimp and Paulette and Toby Worley; 7 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Hitt will be held Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. James Baird officiating. Interment will follow in the Lyerly Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Blake Austin, Chase Garner, Chuck Garner and Chris Austin.

Mrs. Hitt will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.