Continuation of tree (4th child of Hector 'Actor' Pitre/Theodile Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
9 Herbert Winston Pitre b: 31 October 1913 Oberlin, Allen, LA; d: 25 February 1997 El Dorado, Union, AR
+Marie Bardin b: 10 April 1913 Oakolona, Union, AR; m: Abt. 1939 [Francis Marion/Almeda Tolar]; d: 23 July 1985 El Dorado, Union, AR
Notes for Herbert Winston Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Oberlin, Allen, LA: Acton Pitre 43, wife Theodile 40, Herbert W. 16, Bessie M. 14, Wilkins 12, Elizabeth J. 1 year 1 month.
- 1940 Pelly, Harris, Texas: Herbert Pitre 26 truck driver/beer company, wife Marie 26 [1/2 Graham Street]
- 1950 Harris, TX: Herbert W. Pitre 36 machinist/oil refinery, wife Marie 36 clerk in office/synthetic rubber plant.
WWII Records: Herbert Winston Pitre, res. 1531 W. Pulaski, Ft. Worth, TX; b. 31 Oct 1913 Oberlin, LA; contact wife Mrs. Marie Pitre; 5' 6", 140 lbs., brown eyes, black hair, light complexion, apendicitis operation and scar left side forehead
Obituary: Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Little Rock, AR), Thursday, 27 February 1997: El Dorado - Herbert Winston Pitre, 83, died Tuesday. Preceded in death by his wife, Marie Bardin Pitre. Survivors include siblings, Bettye Weber, Ann Moody, Howard Pitre. Services are Friday, 3 p.m., Young's Funeral Home Chapel with interment at Strong Cemetery. Memorials, Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund.
Tombstone Inscription, Strong Cemetery, Strong, AR: Herbert W. / Pitre / Oct. 31, 1913 / Feb. 25, 1997 // Marie Bardin / Pitre / Apr. 19, 1913 / July 23, 1985
Notes for Marie Bardin:
Obituary: The Baytown Sun (Baytown, TX), Tuesday, 23 July 1985: El Dorado, Ark. - Services for Marie B. Petrie, 72, formerly of Baytown, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Youngs Funeral Home Chapel in El Dorado, Ark., with the Revs. Glen Morgan and David Weeks officiating. Mrs. Petrie died Tuesday morning at an El Dorado hospital. Mrs. Petrie lived in Baytown for many years and was retired from Exxon's Baytown Refinery. She is survived by her husband, Herbert W. Petrie of El Dorado, Ark.; a brother, C. T. Bordin and a sister, Eron Dunn, both of El Dorado, Ark. Numerous nieces and nephews also survive. Burial will be at Strong Cemetery in Arkansas. Arrangements are under direction of Youngs Funeral Home in El Dorado.
Back one generation to parents of Herbert Winston 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: 25 January 2026.