Monie D. Pitts was born September 12, 1923 at Lick Branch on the Middle Fork of Licking River near Fritz in Magoffin County, KY. She was the 12th of 15 children born to Amy (1886-1972) (Dyer) and Dennis (1883-1928) Dyer. Monie was the only living child from that union. Monie left this world at age 101 to meet her Savior, Jesus Christ, November 23, 2024 while a resident of Vancrest of Ada.
Monie married Hearl Pitts (1919-2007) in St. Joseph, MI and they have four children: Jimmie A. Pitts of Sidney; Eugene (Brenda) Pitts of Maumee; Carolyn Annette Shepherd of Lima and Phyllis Miller of Lima. Monie and the family moved to Hardin County in Ohio after the end of WWII in 1945.
The very promising Ada High School boys basketball program has a lot of young talent back for a head coach who returns to the Bulldog helm after an eight-year absence.
By Heather Auxier, APRN-CNP
Certified Nurse Practitioner, Blanchard Valley Pain Management
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic neurological condition that causes severe pain in a limb. The pain is disproportionate to the injury or trauma that caused it. This affects roughly 200,000 people in the United States.
CRPS is believed to be caused by malfunctioning of the peripheral and central nervous system (CNS). Your peripheral nervous system relays information from your brain and spinal cord to your organs, arms, legs, fingers, and toes. The CNS is composed of the brain and spinal cord. The abnormal functioning results in an overreaction to pain signals that your body can’t turn off.
The main symptom of CRPS is prolonged and excessive pain. Other symptoms include the following:
