Continuation of tree (1st child of Damon Joseph Pitre/Felicia Vige); all known surname descendants:
10 John Nelson Pitre b: 20 June 1918 Prairie Ronde, St. Landry, LA; d: 20 December 1994 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
+Emelina Smith b: 8 January 1916; m: Abt. 1938 [Octave/Mattie Evelina Comeaux]; d: 9 January 1999 Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
11 Alton J. Pitre b: 6 August 1939; d: Aft. January 1999
11 Rayland James Pitre b: Abt. 1942; d: Aft. January 1999
+Cynthia Ann Huffman
11 Birdie Pitre b: 1946; d: Aft. January 1999
Jack Jeff Jacob m: 25 February 1972 [Samuel/---] Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
11 Sherry Pitre d: Aft. January 1999
Russell Courville
Notes for John Nelson Pitre:
Census
- 1940 St. Landry, Louisiana: Damon P. Pitre 50 farm laborer/Dirt Road Constr., wife Felicia 40, Nelson J. 21 farm laborer/Dirt Road Constr., wife Emmalina 24, Alton J. 8 months.
- 1950 St. Landry, LA: Nelson Pitre 31 farmer/farm, wife Emmalena 34, Alton 11, Rayland 7, Birdy 4.
WWII Records: Nelson John Pitre, res. Opelousas, LA; b. 20 June 1918 St. Landry, LA; contact Damon Pitre; 5' 9", 162 lbs., gray eyes & black hair, dark complexion, wears eye glasses; 16 Oct 1940 Opelousas, LA.
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA), Wednesday, 21 December 1994: Funeral services for Mr. Nelson Pitre, 76, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel on the Old Sunset Road in Opelousas with burial in Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Gary Schexnayder will conduct the services. Mr. Pitre, a resident of Lafayette, formerly of Prairie Ronde, died at 4:25 p.m. Tuesday, December 20, in the Medical Center of Southwest Louisiana in Lafayette. He was a retired farmer and St. Landry Parish School Board member. Survivors include: his wife, Emelina Smith Pitre of Lafayette; two sons, Alton Pitre of Broussard and Rayland Pitre of Dayton, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Jack (Birdie) Jacob of New Orleans and Mrs. Russell (Sherry) Courville of Lafayette; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Visiting hours are from 4-10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Thursday until time of services. A rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on the Old Sunset Road in Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.
Notes for Emelina Smith:
Obituary: Daily World (Opelousas, LA): Funeral services for Mrs. Nelson Pitre, the former Emelina Smith, 83, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home Chapel on North Main in Opelousas with burial in Bellevue Memorial. The Rev. Dan Schexnayder conducted the services. Mrs. Pitre, a resident of Lafayette, died Saturday, January 9, 1999, in Magnolia Place Nursing Home in Lafayette. She was a homemaker. Survivors include: two sons, Alton Pitre of Broussard and Rayland Pitre of Dayton, Texas; two daughters, Mrs. Jack (Birdie) Jacob of New Orleans and Mrs. Russell (Sherry) Courville of Lafayette; a brother, Leo Smith; three half brothers, Gustave Faul, Octave Faul and Joseph Faul; a sister, Octavie Daigle of Church Point; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Visiting hours were observed from 10 a.m. Sunday until time of services. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home on North Main in Opelousas was in charge of arrangements.
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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: 20 December 2022.