Pettit Sr.
Former mechanic for
Tri-State Engineering
Charles Franklin Pettit Sr., 76, of Avella, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, in Washington Hospital.
He was born April 6, 1933, in Greene County, a son of Charles R. and Elizabeth Huffman Pettit.
Mr. Pettit worked as a mechanic at Tri-State Engineering for 20 years and later at Porter Built.
He was a member of SNPJ in Avella and American Legion Post 643 in Avella.
Mr. Pettit was Protestant.
In 1956, he married Lauretta Leona Yater, who died August 31, 2008.
Surviving are two sons, Charles F. Pettit Jr. of Avella and Larry Pettit of Fairmont, W.Va.; two daughters, Betty (Michael) Ice of Fairmont and Freda (Gary) Flickner of Houston; two brothers, Terry Pettit of Washington and Danny Pettit of Prosperity; a sister, Leila J. Barnhart of Richeyville; 10 grandchildren, Michael, Linda, Mickey, Gary, Betty, Lauretta, Randy, Justin, Rachael and Larry; and nine great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a son, Robert L. Pettit, and a great-grandchild.
Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 6, with the Rev. Floyd Marasco officiating. Burial will follow in Washington Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded graveside by Edwin Scott Linton Post 175 of the American Legion. Additional information and an online guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.