Allen Ray Pettit

1937 - 1977  (39 years)

• Name	Allen Ray Pettit  [1]
  Birth	5 Nov 1937	Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	15 Apr 1940	237 W Indiana Avenue, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana   [3]
  	Elbert Petitt, Head, M, W, 37, completed 3 years school, born in Kentucky, Cement Finisher, Building Construction., wages earned in 1939 - $312 for 26 weeks Gladys Petitt, Wife, F, W, 24, M, completed78 years school, born in Indiana Norma J Petitt, Daughter, F, W, 7, S, attended school, born in Indiana Thelma I Petitt, Daughter, F, W, 5, S, born in Indiana Allan R Petitt, Son, M, W, 2, S, born in Indiana Lilly Mae Petitt, Daughter, F, W, 8/12, S, born in Indiana
  Witness-Obituary	18 Sep 1968	South Bend, Indiana   [4]
  	Elkhart - Mrs Gladys Pettit, 52, of 1002 Chicago Ave, died Tuesday in Elkhart General Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past month. She was born March 24, 1916 in Warsaw. She was employed by the Adams and Westlake Co. She was married to Elbert Pettit May 5, 1932. Surviving are the husband, five daughters, Mrs James Becker, Mrs Norma Kiefer, Mrs Merle Reese, Mrs Daniel Nine and Mrs Robert Newton, and two sons, Elbert J and Allen, all of Elkhart; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two brothers, Arthur and Charles Mabie, both of Elkhart, and five sisters, Mrs Pearl Barker, Mrs Hazel Hawkins, Mrs Rosetta Morrison, and Mrs Bertha Atchinson, all of Elkhart, and Mrs Dora LeGras of Fort Wayne. Services will be held Friday in the First Landmark Missionary Baptist Church Rev Tom C Hansen, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Prairie St Cemetery. Mrs Pettit was a member of the church, the Elkhart Writers Club and the Adlake UAW-CIO union.
  Death	18 Mar 1977	57645 Paul Street, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana   [2, 5]
  Obituary	20 Mar 1977	South Bend, Indiana   [6]
  	Elkhart – Allen R Pettit, 39, of 57645 Paul, was found dead Saturday afternoon in a car in a garage at Pettit's Used Car Parts, a business he owned across the street from his home. Elkhart County Coroner Marvin D Riegsevker ruled the death an apparent suicide and said Pettit died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Pettit was born on Nov 5, 1937, in Elkhart, where he lived his lifetime. On Feb 20, 1961, at Elkhart, he married Frances Branham, who survives with a daughter Lisa at home; his father Elbert Pettit of Elkhart; four sisters, Mrs Norma Kifer, Mrs James Becker and Mrs Van Nine, all of Elkhart, and Mrs John Moore of Millersburg, Ky, and a brother Elbert of Elkhart. Services will be Tuesday at the Walley-Mills-Zimmerman Funeral Home, with Rev William Mathis, pastor of the West Side Missionary Baptist Church of South Bend, officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Street Cemetery. Pettit was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars post of Osceola, and the Tri-State Auto Racing Association.
  Reference Number	40244
  Burial	Prarie Street Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana   [7]
  	Allen R Pettit; Pvt US Army; Korea; 1937 † 1977
  Person ID	I39979	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Elbert Dawson Pettit,   b. 24 Jan 1902, Bath County, Kentucky d. 1 Sep 1982, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gladys Marie Mabie,   b. 24 Mar 1916, Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Indiana d. 17 Sep 1968, Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 May 1932	Elkhart County, Indiana   [4, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F4245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S455] 1940 United States Census; Url: ancestry.com, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, Roll T627-1040, Page 11B, ED 20-25. [S499] Research of Dan Burrows of Orange County, NY, obit in The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, 18 Sep 1968, Wed • Page 2. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011. [S499] Research of Dan Burrows of Orange County, NY, obit in The South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana, 20 Mar 1977, Sun • Page 45. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 89231001. [S11] Maybee Society Card File, Elkhart County, Indiana Marriages 46:133. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001.