Walter Howard Pettus

1910 - 1963  (52 years)

• Name	Walter Howard Pettus  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	14 Jan 1910	Missouri, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Big River, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [1]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Military Draft Registration	1940	Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [5]
  	Draft Registration - WWII; Married to Naomi
  Census	1950	Big River, St Francois, Missouri, USA   [4]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Naomi
  Death	1 Jan 1963	St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA   [2, 3, 6]
  Burial	Primrose Cemetery, St Francois County, Missouri, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I13632	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Naomi Isabelle Eggers,   b. 4 Apr 1911, Missouri, USA d. 26 Feb 1980, Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Martha Joyce Pettus,   b. 31 Oct 1932, Washington County, Missouri, USA d. 11 Nov 1999, Parkland Hospital, Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4882	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jan 1910 - Missouri, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII; Married to Naomi - 1940 - Bonne Terre, St Francois, Missouri, USA Death - 1 Jan 1963 - St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Big River, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T627_2146; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 94-1. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Big River, St Francois, Missouri; Roll: T627_2146; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 94-1 [S238] U.S. Social Security Administration, Number: 486-16-0205; Issue State: Missouri; Issue Date: Before 1951. [S8724] Find a Grave: PETTUS Walter H 1910-1963, Walter Howard Pettus. [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Big River, St Franco. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Big River, St Franco [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 253. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Missouri, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 253 [S9] Ancestry.com, Web: Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;), Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, Missouri; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969. Web: Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962 Missouri Office of the Secretary of State; Jefferson City, Missouri; Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969 [S2076] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Martha Degonia • Flat River Daily Journal - Nov 1999, (Name: The Daily Journal; Location: Flat River MO; Date: 15 Nov 1999;), Martha Joyce Pettus Twomey Williams Degonia Obituary. Martha Joyce Degonia, 66, of Bonne Terre, passed away Nov. 11, 1999, at Parkland Hospital, Bonne Terre. She was born on Oct 31, 1933, in Washington County, daughter of the late Walter and Naomi (Eggers) Pettus. She was preceded in death by her husbands: Henry Twomey and George Everett Degonia and three brothers: Dale Wigger, Allen Kenneth Pettus and Steven Merrill Pettus. She was a member of the Primrose Baptist Church. She is survived by seven daughters and one son: Judith Brazier of Germany; Doris (Dodi) Beard of California; Barbara Hannefin of Montana; Donna Scovil of Delaware; Clara (Cricket) Twomey of Bonne Terre; Paula Edgar of Bonne Terre; Joyce Maria Dunn of De Soto; Henry (Hank) Twomey of Bonne Terre; four brothers and six sisters: Walter (Donnie) Pettus of Granite City IL; Ronald Dean Pettus of St Louis; Gary David Pettus of Bonne Terre; Kerry Dale Pettus of Caseyville IL; Sammie Ford of Catawissa MO; Carol Whittier of Bonne Terre; Judy Stegall of Bonne Terre; Fern Stegall of Bonne Terre; Phyllis Stanfill of Bonne Terre; Elaine Dixon of Bonne Terre; nine grandchildren; one great-grandchild. Visitation will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Sparks Funeral Home, Bonne Terre. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Sparks Chapel with Rev. Greg Stegall officiating. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. • The Daily Journal • Flat River, Missouri • 15 Nov 1999, Mon • Page 5 https://www.newspapers.com/image/418266350/?article=faac2915-dbb9-4443-8527-ee7b0bdc000d&focus=0.19479628,0.30062792,0.35245284,0.5 Obituary-DEGONIA Martha (Pettus) Obituary of MARTHA JOYCE PETTUS DEGONIA • The Daily Journal • Flat River, Missouri • 15 Nov 1999, Mon • Page 5