Continuation of tree (5th child of Lezime Eusebe Pitre/Coralina Courvelle); all known surname descendants:
10 Wilson Joseph Pitre b: 28 January 1908 Kinder, Calcasieu, LA; d: 28 September 1973 Kinder, Allen, LA
+Ivy Bell b: 10 June 1909 Allen, LA; m: Abt. 1926 [William/Artemise Buller]; d: 5 April 1928 Kinder, Allen, LA
11 Herbert Pitre b: 3 August 1927 Kinder, Allen, LA; d: 6 March 1997 Lake Charles, Calcasieu, LA
+Audrey Lane Marcantel b: 26 July 1939; m: unknown [Houston/Ann Murphy]; d: 16 July 2016 Kinder, Allen, LA
*2nd Wife of Herbert Pitre:
+Gladys --- d: Aft. March 1997
Notes for Wilson Joseph Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Allen, Louisiana: Widower Wilson Pitre 22, son Herbert 2 years 5 months; living with his parents & siblings.
- 1940 Grant, Allen, Louisiana: Widower Wilson Pitre 32 laborer/WPA road project (lodger). Herbert 12, living with his grandparents.
Obituary: The Kinder Courier News (Kinder, LA), Wednesday, 3 October 1973: Funeral services for Wilson Pitre, 65, of Kinder were held at 10 a.m. Monday, October 1, in the Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Kinder. Burial was in the Green Oak Cemetery under the direction of Ardoin's Funeral Home. Pitre died Saturday evening in the Allen Parish Hospital in Kinder. A native of the Kinder area, he was employed by the city of Kinder. Survivors include a son, Hebert Pitre of Kinder; three brothers, George Pitre of Reeves, Wesley Pitre of Oberlin, and Hardy Pitre of Lake Charles; and a sister, Mrs. Pearl Fontenot, of Kinder.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder: Wilson J. Pitre / Jan. 28, 1908 / Sept. 28, 1973 / asleep in Jesus // Ivy Pitre / June 10, 1909 / April 5, 1928 / asleep in Jesus
Obituaries for the children:
Herbert Pitre: Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA), 8 March 1997: Kinder - Funeral services for Herbert Pitre, 69, will be at 10 a.m. today, March 8, in the Kings Farm Pentecostal Church. The Revs. A. A. Hammond and Terry Bushnell will officiate. Burial will be in Green Oak Cemetery under the direction of Ardoin's Funeral Home. Visitation is from 8 a.m. in the church. Mr. Pitre died Thursday, March 6, 1997, in a Lake Charles hospital. A native of Kinder, he was retired from the Louisiana Forestry Association and was a member of the Kings Farm Pentecostal Church. Survivors are his wife, Gladys Pitre; five sons, Ray Pitre of Eunice, Leonard, Cornell "Blue", Lester, and Mark Pitre, all of Kinder; two daughters, Renee Pitre Verrett of Hayes and Salena Pitre Fontenot of Kinder; and nine grandchildren.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Green Oak Cemetery, Kinder, LA: singing in heaven (2 guitars) / Herbert Pitre / Aug. 3, 1927 / Mar. 6, 1997 / Husband Daddy Pawpaw. Also: (plaque) Herbert Pitre / US Army / World War II / 1927 - 1997
Back one generation to parents of Wilson Joseph 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: 9 September 2022.