Vestavia Hills resident Sharon Pitts (right)was named Ms. Senior Alabama during a pageant June 1 in Daphne.
Pitts retired from Regions Bank as an HR senior vice president and executive compensation manager and is a pilgrimage planner with Select International Pilgrimage Tours and Cruises, according to a statement from Ms. Senior Alabama.
Her message to senior women is: “As you retire from a successful career, you may find yourself struggling with your purpose. It is important to know that you have a purpose and begin as quickly as possible to determine how you can best live your purpose. Attack your purpose with passion and self-confidence,” according to the statement.
In addition to winning the Ms. Senior Alabama 2024 title, Pitts recently was named to Positive Maturity’s Top 50 Over 50. Her community involvement includes serving as a volunteer board member of the Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Center since 2020; Our Lady of Sorrows Altar Sodality co-president/past president, 2019-2021, and Sacristy Committee chair, 2017-2019 and 2021 to present; and an Italian American Heritage Society member.
Pitts encourages women to share the wisdom they have earned through a lifetime of experiences.
“Always be open to grow in wisdom and share your wisdom,” she said in the statement. “Share your wisdom with the younger generation who these days are protected from a life full of robust experiences, opinions and differences and may never become wise by having and living their own experiences.
“Maya Angelou wrote, ‘A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.’ Tell your stories, share your wisdom, sing your song!”
She is married to Joe Pitts, and they have a son and three grandchildren.
