Visitation with the family of Mr. Irwin R. Stites will be Tuesday, April 7, 2015, from 4:00-8:00 PM at Ligon & Bobo Funeral Home, 241 West Main Street, Lebanon.  Interment will be at a later date in Circle Hill Cemetery in Williamsburg, Michigan.

Mr. Stites, age 79 of Lebanon passed away April 4, 2015, at University Medical Center in Lebanon.

Born July 14, 1935, in Williamsburg, Michigan, he is the son of the late James Albert Stites and Martha "Macey" Samuels Stites.  He was a retired hardware store clerk, and was an Episcopalian.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Marsha Ann Blakeslee Stites; sister, Dorothy Rancour; and three brothers, Clinton, Ray & William Stites.

He is survived by four children, Ronald (Kim) Stites; Dawn Marie ("Kito") Infante; Julia Ann Stites; and Leonard Allen (Sandra) Stites; three sisters, Bertha Powell, Alice Sinko, and Beatrice Wight; two brothers, Louis (Phylis) Stites and Wayne (Caryl) Stites; 14 grandchildren; and 19 great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Maple Hill Church of Christ Benevolence Fund.