Continuation of tree (3rd child of Joseph Walter Pitre/Marie Lalonde); all known surname descendants:
10 Joseph Dodgie Pitre b: 15 May 1917 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA; d: 2 August 1998 Beaumont, Jefferson, TX
+Cecile Melba Sonnier b: 19 August 1920 Louisiana; m: 18 January 1941 [Jules/Louise Simon]; d: 14 September 1999 Beaumont, Jefferson, TX
11 Brenda Louise Pitre b: 20 July 1941 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA; d: 24 August 1990 Texas City, Galveston, TX
+Byron Thomas Pevoto b: 23 September 1939 Galveston, Galveston, TX; m: 26 June 1965 Beaumont, Jefferson, TX [George Therion/Susanne Marie Dixon]; d: 31 May 2004 Hitchcock, Galveston, TX
11 Patricia Ann Pitre b: 25 October 1946 Jefferson Co., TX; d: Aft. September 1999
+--- Holloway
11 James Donald Pitre b: 7 August 1949 Beaumont, Jefferson, TX; d: 20 June 1995 Port Arthur, Jefferson, TX
Notes for Joseph Dodgie Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Lafayette, Louisiana: Walter Pitre 44, wife Marie L. 41, Lester 20, Dodgie 12; parents Joseph 69 & Letitia G. 67.
- 1940
- 1950 Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas: Joseph Pitre 32 operator/nylon chemical plant, wife Melba 29, Brenda 8, Patricia Ann 3, James D. (Aug).
WWII Records: Joseph Dodgey Pitre, res. 320 Verdun St., Lafayette, LA; b. 15 May 1916 Lafayette, LA; mother Mrs. Mary Lalonde Pitre; 5'10", 158 lbs., gray eyes & black hair, light complexion, scar right little finger; 16 Oct 1940 Lafayette, LA.
Obituary: The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX), Wednesday, 5 August 1998: Joseph D. 'Pete' Pitre, 81, of Beaumont died Aug. 2 at Baptist Hospital. Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Broussard's Mortuary in Beaumont with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today at the mortuary. A native of Lafayette, La., he lived in Beaumont many years, was retired from Southwestern Bell Fleet Maintenance and an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife, Melba Pitre of Beaumont, daughter, Pat Holloway of Southwick, Mass.; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Tombstone Inscription, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, TX: Joseph D. Pitre / May 15, 1917 - Aug. 2, 1998 // Melba Sonnier Pitre / Aug. 19, 1920 - Sept. 14, 1999
Notes for Cecile Melba Sonnier:
Obituary: The Beaumont Enterprise (Beaumont, TX), Thursday, 16 September 1999: Melba Sonnier Pitre, 79, of Beaumont died Sept. 14 at Memorial Hermann Baptist Beaumont Hospital. Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Broussard's Mortuary in Beaumont with burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Friday at the mortuary. A native of Kaplan, La., she lived in Beaumont most of her life and was a retired Beaumont Enterprise ad composer. Survivors include her daughter, Pat Holloway of Southwick, Mass., six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
Obituaries for the children:
Brenda Louise Pitre: The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), Saturday, 25 August 1990: Texas City - Brenda L. Pevoto, 49, of Texas City died Friday at Danforth Hospital in Texas City. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at the Chapel of James Crowder Funeral Home in La Marque. The Rev. Bob Flick will officiate. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Dickinson. Visitation is 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A Christian Vigil will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with the Rev. Paul Chovanec officiating. Born July 20, 1941 in Lafayette, La., Mrs. Pevoto was a teacher at O'Connell High School in Galveston for three years. A former resident of Dickinson, she resided in Texas City for 21 years, was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Texas City and was a member of the Southeast Texas Genealogy Society. Survivors include her husband, Tom Pevoto of Texas City; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Pitre of Beaumont; grandmother, Louise Sonnier of Beaumont; sons, Eric Thomas Pevoto of Houston and Neil David Pevoto of Texas City; sister, Patricia Holloway of Stillwater, Minn.; and brother, James Pitre of Port Neches. Memorials may be sent to the Moore Public Library.
Tombstone Inscription, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Dickinson, TX: Brenda Pitre / Pevoto / July 20, 1941 / Aug. 24, 1990
Back one generation to parents of Joseph Dodgie 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.
Last updated: 14 January 2025.