Continuation of tree (4th child of Charles Edgar Pitre/Kate Brunson); all known surname descendants:
9 Edgar Pitre b: 20 October 1908 Mallet, St. Landry, LA; d: 26 February 1981 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
+ Audrey DeRouen b: 9 January 1911; m: Abt. 1930; d: 14 March 2002 Eunice, St. Landry, LA
10 Audrey Dale Pitre b: Abt. 1933; d: Aft. February 1981
+Carol Dupre m: 26 July 1953 [Felix/---]
Notes for Edgar Pitre:
Census
- 1930 St. Landry, Louisiana: Edgar Pitre 60, wife Kate 50, Bernice 26, Abbey 24, John Ward 15, Edgar Jr. 22 & wife Audrey 18.
- 1940 Eunice, St. Landry, LA: Edgar Pitre Jr. 32 [$2500 house value] mechanic/garage, wife Audrey 29, Audrey Dale 6 [Seventh Street]
- 1950 Eunice, St. Landry, LA: Edgar Pitre Jr. 40 mechanic/bottling company, wife Audrey 37, Dale 16.
WWII Records: Edgar Pitre Jr., res. Eunice; b. 20 Oct 1907 St. Landry, LA; contact wife Mrs. Edgar Pitre Jr.; 5' 7", 135 lbs., blue eyes & blonde hair, light complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Opelousas, LA.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Friday, 27 February 1981: Eunice - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in United Methodist Church here for Edgar P. Pitre Jr., 72, a resident of Eunice who died at 6 p.m. Thursday in an automobile accident. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery under the direction of Ardoin Funeral Home of Eunice. Survivors include his wife, the former Audrey DeRouen of Eunice; one daughter, Mrs. Carol (Dale) Dupre of Eunice; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Best Sr. and Abbie Pitre, both of Eunice.
Tombstone Inscription, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Eunice, LA: Edgar Pitre, Jr. / Oct. 20, 1908 / Feb. 26, 1981 // Audrey DeRouen Pitre / Jan. 9, 1911 / Mar. 14, 2002 / her memory is precious
Notes for Audrey DeRouen:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Sunday, 17 March 2002: Eunice - Funeral services for Mrs. Audrey Derouen Pitre, 91, were held 1 p.m., Friday, in the Quirk & Son Funeral Home chapel here, with burial in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Brother Randy Estes conducted the services. Quirk and Son Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Back one generation to parents of Edgar Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Southwest Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Parishes of Acadia, Allen Beauregard, Cameron, Calcasieu,
Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, St Landry, St Martin, St Mary and Vermillion.
- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents), or tombstone inscriptions.
Last updated: 25 May 2022.