Pettitt obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Pettitt, Denial George            11 Sep 2004    Sep 2004    Jerry Nelson
Pettitt, Esther Ruth Bankston     15 Mar 2001    Mar 2001    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  9/11/2004

PETTITT, DENIAL GEORGE "DUBBIE" 
Denial George "Dubbie" Pettitt, age 79, and a resident of Mount Hermon,
died at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at North Oaks Regional Medical
Center in Hammond. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the
U.S. Navy Seabees. He was a retired electrical engineer for the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development. He was a member of
Franklinton Lodge F&AM 101 and Mount Pisgah Baptist Church. Survived by two
brothers and a sister-in-law, Lavern Pettitt of Mount Hermon and James and
Irma Pettitt of Franklinton; a sister and brother-in-law, Charline and
Fitzhugh Stafford of Franklinton; five nieces; a nephew; and special
friends, Cheryl and Chuck Willey of Mount Hermon. He was preceded in death
by father, Murphy G. Pettitt; mother, Lula Mae Schilling Pettitt; a sister,
Erma Lee Pettitt Miller; and a brother-in-law, Glen Miller. Visitation will
be at Crain Funeral Home, Franklinton, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, with
Masonic service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue in the chapel from noon
until funeral service at 2 p.m. Sunday, with the Rev. R.C. Branch and Glen
Miller officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. 

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Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) on:  3/15/2001

PETTITT, ESTHER RUTH BANKSTON 
A retired nursing supervisor at Hammond Developmental Center and a 
resident of Gillsburg, Miss., she died at noon Monday, March 12, 2001, at
Summit Hospital, Baton Rouge. She was 76 and a native of Tangipahoa Parish.
Visiting at Seale Funeral Home, Denham Springs, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 
Thursday. Visiting at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Denham
Springs Stake, from 11 a.m. until services at 1 p.m. Friday, conducted by
Brother Robert Bradford. Graveside services in Pettitt Family Cemetery, 
Gillsburg, at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Survived by a daughter, Patricia Jordan,
Walker; three sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Donna Pettitt, Walker,
Tim and Liana Pettitt, Randolph, N.J., and Tom and Josette Pettitt,
Satsuma; two sisters, Doris Sweatt, Hammond, and Brenda Bankston, Bolivar;
six brothers, Harold Bankston, Amite, Billy Bankston and Johnny Bankston,
both of Covington, Curtis Bankston and Sidney Bankston, both of Bolivar,
and Hollis Bankston, Arcola; 17 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her husband, Beria
Erwin Pettitt; and a son-in-law, Kenneth Jordan. She was a member of Church 
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Walker, and Louisiana Nursing
Association. 

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