Continuation of tree (6th child of Hector Pitre/Theodile Fontenot); all known surname descendants:
9 John Wilkin Pitre b: 8 December 1917 Oberlin, Allen, LA; d: 11 April 1993 Nassau Bay, Harris, TX
+Bernetta 'Inez' Cantwell b: 1 May 1922 Arkana, Baxter, AR; m: 7 May 1941 Arkana, Baxter, AR [Jeston Edward/Lonial Ann Torrance]; d: 23 November 2002 Dickinson, Galveston, TX
10 John Wilkin Pitre b: 27 September 1942 Norfork, Baxter, AR; d: 11 May 2012
+Joyce Rae Strickland b: 12 August 1948 Perry, Perry, AR; m: 16 December 1967 Denver, Denver, CO (divorced 10 September 1970 Denver)
10 David Evan Pitre d: Aft. April 1993
10 Martha Jane Pitre b: 16 December 1955 Crowley, Acadia, LA; d: Aft. April 1993
+--- Sills
Notes for John Wilkin Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Oberlin, Allen, Louisiana: Acton Pitre 43, wife Theodile 40, Herbert W. 16, Bessie M. 14, Wilkins 12, Elizabeth J. 1 year 1 month.
- 1940
- 1950 San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas: John Pitre 32 armed forces, wife Inez 28, John W. 7.
Obituary: The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX), Tuesday, 13 April 1993: Nassau Bay - John W. Pitre, 75, of Nassau Bay died April 11, 1993 at his residence in Nassau Bay. Service will be Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of James Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson with Rev. Fr. John DeForke officiating. Burial will follow at Grace Memorial Cemetery in Hitchcock. Visitation will be Wednesday from 9am to 11am. Born December 8, 1917 in Oberlin, Louisiana, Mr. Pitre was a retired office manager with Houston Natural Gas. Mr. Pitre has resided in Nassau Bay for the last year, formerly of Santa Fe, Texas. He served in the U.S. Airforce during WWII. Survivors include his wife, Inez C. Pitre; daughter, Martha Jane Sills; sons, John Pitre, Jr. and David Evan Pitre; sisters, Ann Moody, Mary Miller and Betty Weber; brothers, Howard Pitre and Herbert Pitre; seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Hilda Bordlouche.
Tombstone Inscription, Hayes Grace Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Galveston, TX: John Wilkin Pitre / T SGT US Army / World War II / Dec. 8, 1917 - Apr. 11, 1993 / Bernetta 'Inez' C. Pitre / beloved / wife mother and granny / May 1, 1922 - Nov. 23, 2002
Notes for Bernetta 'Inez' Cantwell:
Obituary: Baxter Bulletin (Mountain Home, AR), Tuesday, 26 November 2002: Dickinson, Texas - A funeral for Bernetta 'Inez' Pitre will be 10 a.m. today at James Crowder Funeral Home. Mrs. Pitre died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002. She is survived locally by her sister, Juanita Carrico, and her brother, Rayburn Cantwell.
Obituaries for the children:
John Wilkin Pitre: Tombstone Inscription, Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX: PITRE / John Wilkin / SGT USAF / Vietnam / 1942 - 2012
Back one generation to parents of John Wilkin 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.