Continuation of tree (3rd child of Moise Pitre/Ola Lafleur); all known surname descendants:
9 Hershel Pitre b: 2 January 1918 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 8 December 1991 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX
+Rose Reed b: 9 January 1926 Opelousas, St Landry, LA; m: October 1942; d: 2 March 2000 Nederland, Jefferson, TX
10 Marie Lee Belva Pitre b: Abt. 1944 LA; d: Aft. January 2015
+James Stephen Feltman b: 23 July 1940 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX; m: 25 September 1958 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX [Edwin Franklin/Myrtis Rebecca Perry]; d: 28 January 2015 Nederland, Jefferson, TX
10 John Ray Gordon Pitre b: Abt. 1949 LA; d: Aft. March 2000
10 Rebecca Ann Pitre b: 16 July 1954 Jefferson, TX; d: Aft. March 2000
+Alan James Lindsey
Notes for Hershel Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana: Moise Pitre 46 carpenter, wife Ola 44, Auston 27 owner/restaurant, Hershel 22 taxi driver, Frank 20 meat cutter/market, George 17 chauffeur/own car, Rosemary 13, Wilfred 10, Mae Monia 8, Anne Patsy 1.
- 1950 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA: Hershel Pirte 31 laborer/City of Ville Platte, wife Rose 24, Marie Lee Belva 6, John Ray Gordon 1.
WWII Records: Herschel Pitre, res. Ville Platte, LA; b. 2 Jan 1918 Ville Platte, LA; father Mr. Moise Pitre (Ville Platte, LA); 5'4", 145 lbs., brown eyes & brown hair, sallow complexion; 16 Oct 1940 Ville Platte, LA.
Obituary: Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX), Wednesday, 11 December 1991: Hershel Pitre, 73, of Port Arthur died Sunday at St. Mary Hospital. Funeral was at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Port Arthur with burial at Greenlawn Memorial Park under the direction of Grammier-Oberle Funeral Home. A native of Ville Platte, La., he lived in Port Arthur 40 years and was a retired press operator from U.S. Steel. Survivors include his wife, Rose Pitre of Port Arthur; son, Ray Pitre of Nederland; daughters, Belva Feltman and Becky Lindsey, both of Nederland; brothers, George Pitre of Port Arthur and Wilfred Pitre and Austin Pitre, both of Ville Platte; sister, Patsy Stegall of Morgan City, La., seven grandchildren, and a great-grandson.
Tombstone Inscription, Greenlawn Memorial Park, Groves, TX: Hershel / 1918 - 1991 / PITRE / Rose A. / 1924 - 2000
Notes for Rose Reed:
Obituary: The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX), Friday, 3 March 2000: Rose R. Pitre, 76, of Nederland died March 2 at her residence. Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Clayton-Thompson Funeral Directors with burial at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Groves. Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. today with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. A native of Opelousas, La., she lived in the Nederland and Port Arthur areas 50 years and was a homemaker. Survivors include her daughters, Belva Feltman and Becky Lindsey, both of Nederland; son, Ray Pitre of Nederland; three sisters; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Back one generation to parents of Hershel Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records
- 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: 30 January 2026.