Myrtle Faye Pettry (1902 - 1976)

Born 21 Dec 1902 in Dry Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Fred Junior Pettry — married 8 Sep 1921 in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Descendants

Died 11 Dec 1976 at age 73 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Fred Junior Pettry b: Feb 2 1894 Dry Creek Raleigh Co WV d: July 18 1975 Arnett Raleigh Co WV

Married Myrtle Fay Pettry b: Dec 21 1902 Dry Creek Raleigh Co WV d; Dec 11 1976 Beckley Raleigh Co WV

Myrtle is daughter of Anderson Buck Pettry 1876-1956 and Ida Mae Massey 1878-1950;

Anderson is son of Ballard Preston Pettry b: Apr 9 1843 Mercer Co WV d: Feb 2 1930 Dry Creek Raleigh Co married 2nd wife Ardelia 'Delia' Gore 28 Dec 1866 in Mercer County, WV. by Leroy Keaton.

Ardelia b. 02 Apr 1844 in Mercer, VA. & d. 24 Apr 1933 in Dry Creek, Raleigh, WV.

Children of Ballard and Ardelia are:

James Allen,

William Lacy,

Robert W.,

Anderson,

Benjamin F.,

Nancy Jane,

Mary Elizabeth,

Henry Clifton

Walter Pettry.

Ardelia was a D/O Green Gore and Nancy Avner Pettry

Green Gore 1816-1863 is s/o Robert Gore and Louisa Tamsey Jarrell.

Sources

West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970 Name Fred Pettry Spouse's Name Myrtle Pettry Event Type Marriage Event Date 1921 Event Place Raleigh Affiliate Repository Type County Records Citing this Record "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F1T1-8ZX : 11 February 2018), Fred Pettry and Myrtle Pettry, 1921; citing Raleigh, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 597,903.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #145387178
• Burial: Cove Creek Cemetery, Saxon, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA

United States Census, 1940 Name Fred Pettry Event Type Census Event Date 1940 Event Place Marsh Fork Magisterial District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States Gender Male Age 46 Marital Status Married Race White Race White Relationship to Head of Household Head Relationship to Head of Household Head Birthplace West Virginia Birth Year (Estimated) 1894 Last Place of Residence Same House

Household

Fred Pettry Head M 46 West Virginia

Myrtle Pettry Wife F 36 West Virginia

Rosetta Pettry Daughter F 18 West Virginia

Charles Pettry Son M 8 West Virginia

Chris Pettry Son M 2 West Virginia

Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7ZG-F8F : 16 March 2018), Fred Pettry, Marsh Fork Magisterial District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-4, sheet 4A, line 23, family 57, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4441.