Jesse Petitt bible1 has entry "Harrison Petitt B. April 18, 1918 Married Ida Mae McBrayer Jan. 8, 1931, Harrison Died May 17, 1984"
The index to Kentucky Vital Statistics in Frankfort lists birth of Harrison Petitt on 4-18-18 in Rowan Co., mother's maiden name Emma Clark.
His obituary in the Morehead News says Harrison Petitt, 66, of 1253 Falls Ave., Wabash, Ind., a native of Rowan Co., died Tuesday, May 15 at the Wabash Health Care Center after a long illness. He was the son of the late Jesse and Emma Clark Petitt and had lived in Wabash for 33 years. Mr. Petitt retired in 1974 from Wabash General Tire plant where he served as a foreman for 23 years. He was a charter member of the Erie Street Freewill Baptist Church in Wabash and was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his wife Ida Mae McBrayer Petitt; a son Randall Petitt, Mt. Sterling, Ohio; two daughters, Joyce Haney, Greentown, Ind., and Juanita Floor, Bryan, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. Vesta Hall, Mrs. Viola McBrayer and Mrs. Lila Chadwell, all of Morehead, Mrs. Isa Smith, Leesburg, Ind., and Mrs. Geneva Bays, Goshen, Ind. Also 6 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Burial will be in the Friends Cemetery in Wabash. |
