Continuation of tree (8th child of Lezime Eusebe Pitre/Coralina Courvelle); all known surname descendants:
10 Hardy Pitre b: 5 March 1914 Kinder, Allen, LA; d: 28 January 1995 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+ Maria Lormand b: 30 September 1918 Allen, LA; m: Abt. 1938 [Rene/Odelia Istre]; d: 20 July 1984 Kinder, Allen, LA
11 Gloria Kay Pete b: Abt. 1939; d: Aft. January 1995
+Hubert Nixon
11 Rachel Jonell Pete b: Abt. 1943; d: Aft. September 2017
+Donald Vester Crum b: 30 May 1943 St. Louis, MO; m: 31 August 1963 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA [Vester O./Dorothy ---]; d: 7 September 2017 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
11 Roger Glynn Pete b: Abt. 1947; d: Aft. April 2004
+Shirlet Ann Swillie m: 30 August 1969 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA [Edward Daniel/Myrtis Platt]; d: Aft. April 2004
11 Gary Pete
11 Brenda Sue Pete
11 Dale Gene Pete b: 6 March 1961 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA; d: Aft. January 1995
*2nd Wife of Hardy Pitre:
+ Anna Belle Fontenot (Guillory) b: 15 October 1924 Church Point, Acadia, LA; m: 1 December 1984 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA [Otere/Clotele Abshire]; d: 27 August 2020 Westlake, Calcasieu, LA
Notes for Hardy Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Allen, Louisiana: Hardy Pete 26 laborer/road construction, wife Maria 21, Gloria Kay 1.
- 1950 Goosport, Calcasieu, LA: Hardy Pete 36 pile driver/construction, wife Maria 31, Gloria 11, Rachel 6, Roger 2.
WWII Records: Hardy Pete, res. Kinder, LA; b. 5 Mar 1914 Allen, LA; wife Mrs. Hardy Pete; 5'10", 160 lbs., blue eyes & blonde hair, light complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Oberlin, LA.
Obituary: The Kinder Courier News (Kinder, LA), Thursday, 2 February 1995: Funeral services for Kinder native Hardy Pete, 80, were held Jan. 30 at Indian Village Pentecostal Church. The Revs. Gary Nixon, Terry Bushnell and Roger Pete officiated. Burial was in Green Oak Cemetery. Mr. Pete died Saturday, Jan. 28, 1995, in Lake Charles. He had lived in Lake Charles most of his life. He was an insulator and had retired from Cit-Con Refinery. He was a member of Indian Village Pentecostal Church and the Pentecostal Campers. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Annabelle Pete; two sons, Roger Pete and Dale Pete, both of Lake Charles; three stepsons, Harold Guillory of Moss Bluff, Emmery and Tommy Guillory, both of Lake Charles; two daughters, Mrs. Gloria Nixon of Baton Rouge and Mrs. Rachel Crum of Simpson; one sister, Mrs. Pearl Fontenot of DeQuincy; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscription, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, LA: (photo) / Hardy Pete / Mar. 5, 1914 / Jan. 28, 1995 / Let's meet at the river / on Heaven's shore // (photo) / Maria Lormand Pete / Sept. 30, 1918 / July 20, 1984 / absent from the body, / but present with Jesus.
Notes for Annabelle Fontenot:
Obituary: American Press (Lake Charles, LA), Thursday, 10 December 2020: (photo) Anna Belle Pete, age 95, of Westlake, Louisiana passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020. Anna was born October 15, 1924 in Church Point, LA to Otere Fontenot and Clotele Abshire Fontenot. Anna loved and enjoyed her family. She was well known for her excellent Cajun cooking and during the holidays her family would request catfish courtbouillon and cornbread dressing. Anna was a member of The Moss Bluff Pentecostal Church and was very involved in her church. Anna is preceded in death by her parents, her loving husbands, Melvin J. Guillory, Hardy Pete; brother, Qulice Fontenot; sister, Rose Ware. Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Emery J. Guillory of Westlake, LA, Harold J. Guillory and wife Debbie of Moss Bluff, LA, Tony Guillory of Westlake, LA; brother, Elton Fontenot of Lake Charles, LA; sister, Anna Blanche Fontenot of Westlake, LA; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. A gathering of family and friends will be held on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. with a memorial service to begin at 2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Moss Bluff.
Back one generation to parents of Hardy 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).
Last updated: 11 January 2026.