Family Group Sheet


Name Jason Pettit, 1C2R
Birth 2 Aug 1902, Mingo Co., West Virginia
Death 27 Mar 1976, Welch, McDowell Co., West Virginia
Burial Iaeger Memorial Cem., McDowell Co., WV
Father John P. Pettit (1867-1938)
Mother Nickety ("Tye") Trent (1878-1961)
Divorce 1950
Spouse Louisa "May" Blankenship
Birth 22 Sep 1904
Death 20 May 1990, Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia
Burial Iaeger Memorial Cem., McDowell Co., WV
Father Henry Riley Blankenship (~1873-)
Mother Sarah Lovis Riffe (~1875-)
Notes for Jason Pettit
Social Security Death Index lists Jason Pettit, b. 2 Aug 1902, d. March 1976, SSN 236-07-7840 issued in West Virginia, last known zip 24844 (this zip covers two little towns in McDowell Co., West Virginia, called Iaeger and Steeles.)

County Clerk's Office in Welch, WV has recorded the following:

Pettit, Jason, born 02 Aug 1902, in WV, age 72, died Mar 17, 1976. Retired employee of General Motors. Son of John Pettit and Nicketi Trent, served in armed forces. Married. D.O.A. Stevens Clinic Hospital, cause of death - A.M.I.

His obituary from the Welch Daily News:

Funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday for Jason Pettit, 73, of Iaeger, who died Wednesday at his home of a long illness. The Rev. Dave Carter, the Rev. Oliver Roberts, the Rev. Arthur Lewis and the Rev. Allen Click will officiate at the Fanning Funeral Home Chapel in Iaeger. Burial will follow in the Iaeger Memorial Cemetery in Roderfield.

Born Aug 2, 1902, he was the son of the late John and Nickety Trent Pettit. He was a retired employee of General Motors Corporation of Flint, Mich., and was a member of Jesus Name Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and one sister. Survivors include his wife, May Blankenship Pettit of Iaeger, and one brother, Willie of Salem, VA.
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