Continuation of tree (12th child of Magnus Hilaire Pitre/Marie Amelie Soileau); all known surname descendants:
9 Leroy Pitre b: 11 August 1922 Ville Platte, Evangeline, LA; d: 28 September 1954 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
+Ina Jean Raley b: 13 October 1919 Washington Co., FL; m: Abt. 1945 [Benjamin/Mena Burke]; d: 28 February 2007 Pensacola, Escambia, FL
Notes for Leroy Pitre:
Census
- 1940 Ville Platte, Evangeline, Louisiana: Widow Emelie Soileau 59, Mabel Pitre 24 maid/outside, Edward 21 farm hand/farm, Leroy 17 delivery boy/market.
- 1950
WWII Records: Leroy Pitre, res. 121 Jackson St., Ville Platte, LA; b. 11 Aug 1922 Ville Platte, LA; contact Mabel Pitre (same address); 5'10 1/2", 150 lbs., brown eyes & black hair, dark complexion; 14 Jun 1945 Ville Platte, LA.
MISC: Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA),
Friday, 2 October 1953: Not responsible for debts contracted by my wife,
Ina Jean Pitre. Leroy Pitre, 3515 Canal.
Obituary: Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Wednesday,
29 September 1954 - Leroy Pitre, 32, 3214 Tulane, auto salesman for
Russo's Motor Sales, died at 7:32 p.m. Tuesday at Charity Hospital.
Funeral arrangements in charge of Lamana-Panno-Fallo, Inc., funeral home, 625 N.
Rampart, were incomplete late Tuesday night. Mr. Pitre is survived by his
widow; three brothers, Gene Pitre of New Orleans and Marshall and
Edward Pitre, both of Ville Platte, and two sisters, Mrs. Sidney Johnson
and Mrs. Edward Ortego, both of Ville Platte.
- Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Wednesday, 29 September 1954 -Pitre - On Tuesday, September 28, 1954 at 7:15 o'clock p.m., Leroy Pitre, of 3214 Tulane avenue; beloved husband of Ina Jean Raley; brother of Marshall, John P. and Edward Pitre, Mrs. Sidney Johnson, Mrs. Edward Ortego; son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Magnus Pitre; aged 32 years; a native of Ville Platte, La., and a resident of this city for the past 9 years.
- Times Picayune, Thursday, 30 September 1954: Pitre Last Rites to be in Florida - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Bonifay, Fla., for Leroy Pitre, 32, 3214 Tulane, who died Tuesday night in Charity hospital. Burial will be in the Florida city. Lamana-Panno-Fallo, Inc. funeral home was in charge of shipping the body to Florida. Mr. Pitre was an auto salesman for Russo's Motor Sales.
Tombstone Inscription, Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hinsons Crossroads, Washington Co., FL: Leroy Pitre / Louisiana / SGT Co B 501 Mil Police Bn / World War II / Aug 11, 1922 - Sept. 28, 1954
Notes for Ina Jean Raley:
Obituary: Jean Raley Pitre, 88, of Pensacola, FL
died there Feb 28, 2007. She was born Oct 13, 1919 in Washington Co., FL
to Benjamin and Mena (Burke) Raley. She was of the Baptist faith,
and was a member of the East Brent Baptist Church in Pensacola. Survivors
include 2 sisters-in-law; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was held
Mar 2, 2007 at the Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with Rev. Mike Weeks
officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with Brown Funeral Home of
Chipley, FL directing.
Back one generation to parents of Leroy 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: 3 February 2026.