Continuation of tree (8th child of Louis Philippe Pitre/Marie Rosa Picou); all known surname descendants:
9 Eugene Norbert Pitre b: 7 June 1899 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA; d: 19 October 1951 Alexandria, Rapides, LA
+Beulah Bergeron b: Abt. 1904 Louisiana; m: Abt. 1920 [Maurice/Milda Alexander] (divorced); d: 11 August 1973 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
10 Eugene Norbert Pitre b: Abt. 1921 New Orleans, Orleans, LA; d: 16 December 1943 Italy
10 Louis Phillip Pitre b: 25 October 1923 Alexandria, Rapides, LA; d: 24 December 1968 New Orleans, Orleans, LA
+Shirley Ann Armbruster b: 1 October 1929 New Orleans, Orleans, LA; m: October 1948 [William Joseph/Clare Baumann]; d: 1 September 1982 Harahan, Jefferson, LA
10 Louise Alma Pitre b: 28 September 1925 Alexandria, Rapides, LA; d: 14 May 1988 Gretna, Jefferson, LA
+Travis H. Saxton b: 22 January 1923 Bentonia, Yazoo, MS; m. June 1943 New Orleans, Orleans, LA [Claiborne/Josephine Wooten]; d: 9 January 2010 Gretna, Jefferson, LA
*2nd Wife of Eugene Norbert Pitre:
+Viola Burnette b: 19 February 1917 Louisiana; m: 30 June 1937 Alexandria, Rapides, LA [Sam/Lillie Bound]; d: 16 January 2007 Conroe, Montgomery, TX
10 Velma Jean Pitre b: 23 July 1942 Alexandria, Rapides, LA; d: 24 July 2020 Farmerville, Union, LA
+Royce Dyer m: Abt. 1963; d: Aft. July 2020
10 Arlene Pitre b: 1 January 1944 Alexandria, Rapides, LA; d: Aft. July 2020 Montgomery, TX
+James Vernon Hovendick b: 30 October 1933; m: 24 February 1973 Houston, Harris, TX [C. Vernon/---]
Notes for Eugene Norbert Pitre:
Census
- 1930 Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana: Eugene Pitre 8, Louis P. Pitre 6, Louise A. Pitre 4 years, 9 months [St. Joseph Orphan Home]. Beulah Bergeron (Pitre) 26 living in New Orleans with widowed mother & other family members.
- 1940 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana: Eugene Pitare 37 foreman/Base Hospital, wife Viola 23.
- 1940 New Orleans, LA: Beulah Pitre 36 clerk/delicatessan, Eugene Jr. 18 stacker/roofing co., Louis 16 machinist helper/private co., Louise 14.
- 1950 Alexandria, Rapides, LA: Eugene N. Pitre 49 clerk/railroad, wife Viola 33, Velma J. 7, Arlene 6, sister-in-law Marvilee Burnette 15.
WWI registration records: Eugene Norbert Pitre; West Baton Rouge, LA; born 7 Jun 1899; Louis Philip Pitre (father); short height, medium build; brown eyes & light hair.
WWII Records: Eugene Norbett Pitre, res. 728 St. Ann, Alexandria, LA; b. 31 Jul 1900 Thibodaux, LA; contact Mrs. Viola Pitre (same address); 5'4", 130 lbs., brown eyes & black hair, light complexion; Alexandria, LA.
Obituary: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Friday, 19 October 1951: Eugene Norbert Pitre, 52, of 728 St. Ann street, Alexandria, died at 1:50 a.m. today, Oct. 19, 1951 in his residence. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Viola Pitre of Alexandria, one son, Louis Pitre of New Orleans, three daughters, Mrs. Louise Saxton of New Orleans, and Misses Velma Jean and Arelene Pitre, both of Alexandria, four brothers, Albert Pitre of New Orleans, Ferdinand Pitre of Addis, Raymond and Norman Pitre, both of Alexandria, two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Tarver of Baton Rouge, and Mrs. J. E. Foret of Addis, and four grandchildren. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 1951 in the Kramer Funeral home chapel. Interment will be in the New Hope cemetery near Calcasieu.
Tombstone Inscriptions, New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Calcasieu, LA: Eugene N. Pitre / July 31, 1899 / Oct. 19, 1951 / gone to be an angel // Viola Burnette / Pitre Tassin / February 19, 1917 / January 16, 2007 / Be ye kind one to another / EPH 4:32
Notes for Beulah Bergeron:
Obituary: Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Monday, 13 August 1973: REEDER - Beulah B. Pitre Reeder, on Saturday, August 11, 1973, at 9:30 o'clock a.m., wife of the late Eugene Pitre by first marriage and the late William Reeder; mother of Mrs. Louise Pitre Saxton and the late Mrs. Leila LeJeune, Har- P. Pitre; daughter of the late Melda Alexander and Maurice Bergeron; sister of Mrs. Sylvia Lang of DeQuincy, Louisiana, Mrs. Zita Wilson of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mrs. Grace Cowan of Texarkana, Texas, Mrs. Luella Schoen and the late Mrs. Leila LeJeune, Harvey, Morris J. and Bib Bergeron; mother-in-law of Mrs. Shirley A. Pitre, also survived by 7 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, age 69 years. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral. Services from the Funeral Home of Joseph Laughlin Co., 4500 Magazine Street, on Monday, August 13, 1973, at 2:00 o'clock p.m. Interment Valance St. Cemetery.
Notes for Viola Burnette:
Obituary: The Town Talk (Alexandria, LA), Friday, 19 January 2007: Services for Viola B. Tassin will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, January 20, 2007 in the Bolton Chapel of Emmanuel Baptist Church with Dr. Lee Weems officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery, under the direction of Hixson Brothers, Alexandria. Pallbearers will be J.B. Shelley, Brian Dyer, Phillip Dyer, Justin Shelley, John Premeaux, and Nippy Blair. Mrs. Tassin, 89, of Alexandria died Tuesday, January 16, 2007 in Park Manor Skill Nursing, Conroe, Texas. She was a member of Emmanual Baptist Church where she worked in the nursery for 62 years. During her working career she was a private sitter. Mrs. Tassin was a kind, giving person and a woman of unwavering faith. Preceded in death by her husbands, Eugene N. Pitre, and Louis Tassin, Sr.; parents Sam and Lillie Bounds Burnett; brothers, George Burnett, Marvin Burnett, Leroy Burnett; sisters, Vera B. Tucker, Lillie Mae Foret, Marvilee Terrell. Those left to cherish her memory include her son Danny L. Tassin and wife Winetta of Milan, Tennessee; daughters, Velma P. Dyer and husband Royce of Farmerville, LA; Arlene P. Hovendick and her husband, James of Montgomery, Texas; brother, Lonnie Burnett of Glenmora, LA; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may call Friday at Hixson Brothers, Alexandria from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and Saturday at Emmanual Baptist Church from 12 p.m. until service time. Memorials may be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church Preschool Nursery Fund, Alexandria, LA.
Obituaries for the children:
Eugene Norbert Pitre: Times Picayune (New Orleans, LA), Saturday, 18 June 1949 - PITRE - In Italy, in the service of his country on December 16, 1943, 2nd Lt. Eugene N. Pitre Jr., son of Beulah Bergeron and Eugene N. Pitre Sr.; brother of Louis P. Pitre, Mrs. Louise Saxton; uncle of Carolyn Jean and Billy Louise Saxton; aged 22 years, a native of this city. Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of 7-Up Bottling Co., Celotex Corp. and New Orleans Public Service Inc., are invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the funeral home of Joseph Laughlin Co., Saturday, June 18, 1949, at 3 o'clock p.m. Services at St. Stephen's church. Interment in Valence cemetery. Remains will arrive at 9:30 o'clock a.m. Saturday.
Louis Philip Pitre: New Orleans States Item (New Orleans, LA), Thursday, 26 December 1968: Pitre - On Tuesday, December 24, 1968, at 10:45 p.m. Louis P. Pitre, beloved husband of Shirley Armbruster; father of Philip, Joan and William Pitre; son of Beulah Bergeron and the late Eugene N. Pitre Sr.; brother of Mrs. Travis Saxton and the late Eugene Pitre Jr.; age 45 years. Relatives and friends of this family, also employees of Avondale Shipyard, students of Redemptorist High School and St. Francis of Assisi School, are invited to attend the funeral. Services from the funeral home of Joseph Laughlin Co., on Thursday, December 26, 1968 at 11 a.m. Requiem Mass at St. Francis of Assisi Church. Interment in St. Joseph Cemetery No. 1.
Louise Alma Pitre: Times Picayune (New
Orleans, LA), Sunday,
15 May 1988: Louise Pitre Saxton, at the age of 62, on Saturday,
May 14, 1988 at 5 o'clock a.m., beloved wife of Travis Saxton; mother of
Carolyn Batt, Billie Turner, Judy Bouquet and Brenda Roberts; also
survived by 9 grandchildren. Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the funeral from Joseph Laughlin Funeral Home, on Monday, May 16, 1988 at 2 o'clock p.m. Interment in Valence
Street Cemetery. Visitation after 12:30 p.m. on Monday.
Velma Jean Pitre: Funeral services for Velma J. Dyer, 78, of Farmerville will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 27, 2020 at First Baptist Church of Farmerville with Bro. Kurt Auger officiating. Interment will follow in Liberty Cemetery, near Linville, La., under the direction of Farrar Funeral Home in Farmerville. Mrs. Dyer went to her heavenly home on Friday, July 24, 2020. Mrs. Dyer was an avid reader of Amish books, loved playing the piano and serviced as pianist at both Liberty Baptist Church and Mt. Ararat Baptist Church. She enjoyed entertaining family and friends and sent cards to anyone and everyone. Mrs. Dyer also taught children’s music and Vacation Bible School for many years. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Dyer was preceded in death by her father, Eugene Pitre; and mother, Viola P. Tassin. Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 57 years, Royce Dyer; children, Tammy D. Shelley (J.B.), Phillip D. Dyer (Lisa M. Houle-Dyer) and Brian E. Dyer (Kristen Hake Dyer); grandchildren, Justin Shelley, Phillip Shelley (Maggie). Marcel D. Dyer and Gabriella M. Dyer; sister, Arlene P. Hovendick (Jim); brother, Danny Tassin (Winetta); and a host of other family and friends. The “Faithful Men” will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 27, 2020 at First Baptist Church of Farmerville.
Tombstone Inscription, Liberty Cemetery, Linville, LA: Velma Jean Dyer / July 23, 1942 - July 24, 2020
Back one generation to parents of Eugene Norbert Pitre
Items in RED verified from transcriptions in the following:
- South Louisiana Records: Church and Civil Records of Lafourche-Terrebonne Parishes (Rev. Hebert)
- South Louisiana Vital Family Records: Terrebonne Genealogical Society
- Some Louisiana deaths in RED taken from obituaries or the Louisiana Deaths collection (which includes spouses/parents).
- Some birthdates in RED taken from Social Security records based on obituary/tombstone inscription deathdate.
Last updated: 19 March 2025.