He was born on December 6, 1935, in Stanley, Virginia and was a son of the late George Nixon Pettit and Julia Esther Gray Pettit.
Mr. Pettit was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of St. George's Episcopal Church in Pine Grove.
On June 4, 1955, he married Barbara Jean McClary Pettit, who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Gary Pettit of Luray; a brother, Homer Pettit of Fisherville; two sisters, Esther Prince of Stanley, and Janet Zatt of Cleveland, Ohio; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by two daughters, Kimberly Seeley and Vicky Pettit; five sisters, Nellie Reggettz, Ethel Pettit, Anna Alger, Edith Barre and Ruth Johnson; and four brothers, George, Oscar, Ray and Millard Pettit.
Services are planned for a later date.
He was born on December 6, 1935, in Stanley, Virginia and was a son of the late George Nixon Pettit and Julia Esther Gray Pettit.
Mr. Pettit was a veteran of the United States Army and a member of St. George's Episcopal Church in Pine Grove.
On June 4, 1955, he married Barbara Jean McClary Pettit, who survives.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a son, Gary Pettit of Luray; a brother, Homer Pettit of Fisherville; two sisters, Esther Prince of Stanley, and Janet Zatt of Cleveland, Ohio; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by two daughters, Kimberly Seeley and Vicky Pettit; five sisters, Nellie Reggettz, Ethel Pettit, Anna Alger, Edith Barre and Ruth Johnson; and four brothers, George, Oscar, Ray and Millard Pettit.
Services are planned for a later date.
Family Members
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Oscar Churchill Pettit
1914–1985
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Millard Wilfort Pettit
1915–2001
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Ray William Pettit
1917–1990
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Anna Catherine Pettit Alger
1918–1997
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George Nelson Pettit
1920–1991
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Ethel Mae Pettit Pettit
1922–2002
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Nellie Marie Pettit Reggettz
1924–2010
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Homer Henry Pettit
1928–2018
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Edith Louise "Edie" Pettit Bare
1930–2004
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Esther Caroline Pettit Prince
1938–2021
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