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1928 - 2021 (93 years)| Name | Robert Sanders PETTIGREW | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Birth | 2 Oct 1928 | Marion, Marion County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | ROBERT SANDERS PETTIGREW JR. Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2021 6:00 am Robert Sanders "Sandy" Pettigrew Jr., 93, widower of Ina Jeannine Woodhams "Jean" Pettigrew, passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, at home. Born on Oct. 2, 1928, in Marion, he was a son of the late Robert Sanders Pettigrew Sr. and Gladys Galloway Pettigrew. Mr. Pettigrew was a 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Uniquely, besides serving in three wars, he was one of the very few who served in three branches of the U.S. military, the Marine Corps, the Army and the Air Force. During World War II and the day after his 16th birthday, he joined the Marine Corps, saying that he was 17 years old, the minimum age requirement. Several months after his basic training, his real age was discovered, and he was discharged. He immediately joined the Army, eventually transferring to the Army Air Corps, which became the Air Force. By the time the Army noticed that he was too young to enlist, he was already old enough to stay. Early in 1947, while TDY in Denver, Colorado, he met a cute girl named "Jean" at the roller skating rink. They fell in love and married that same year. Over the next nine years, they made their home wherever the military stationed them, Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico, Topeka Army Air Field in Kansas, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and Hahan Air Base in Germany. After being stationed at Shaw Field in 1956, Sandy and Jean Pettigrew made Sumter their final home, where they raised their family of six children. He was a Mason and a Shriner. In 1995, he and Jean moved in with daughter Babette and her husband in their home in Sumter, where they were cared for, for the remainder of their lives. He leaves to cherish his memory: five children, Charline Burger of Dalton, Georgia, David Pettigrew (Jenny) of Lexington, North Carolina, Linda Irick (Phillip) of North Myrtle Beach, Babette Meadows of Sumter and Brantley Pettigrew of Nipomo, California.; six grandchildren, Rebecca Jeffo, Frances Vincent, Lorie Joy, Lee Burger, Wesley Burger and Christian Amos; and 11 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and a son, John Ashley Pettigrew, he was preceded in death by his loving wife Jean, with whom he had been married for 70 years. He missed her so very much and wished to be with her again. Four years after her death, he was united again with the love of his life, his soul mate, Jean, for Christmas Day 2021. He also leaves behind his life-long friend, James "Sleepy" McColl of Florence. He and Sleepy grew up together in Marion from first grade through high school and remained close friends throughout their lives. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. David Richardson officiating. Mr. Pettigrew will be buried next to his wife, Jean, in the Pettigrew family section of Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Florence. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be made at www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [2] | |
| HIST | ROBERT SANDERS PETTIGREW JR. Posted Wednesday, December 29, 2021 6:00 am Robert Sanders "Sandy" Pettigrew Jr., 93, widower of Ina Jeannine Woodhams "Jean" Pettigrew, passed away peacefully on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, at home. Born on Oct. 2, 1928, in Marion, he was a son of the late Robert Sanders Pettigrew Sr. and Gladys Galloway Pettigrew. Mr. Pettigrew was a 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Uniquely, besides serving in three wars, he was one of the very few who served in three branches of the U.S. military, the Marine Corps, the Army and the Air Force. During World War II and the day after his 16th birthday, he joined the Marine Corps, saying that he was 17 years old, the minimum age requirement. Several months after his basic training, his real age was discovered, and he was discharged. He immediately joined the Army, eventually transferring to the Army Air Corps, which became the Air Force. By the time the Army noticed that he was too young to enlist, he was already old enough to stay. Early in 1947, while TDY in Denver, Colorado, he met a cute girl named "Jean" at the roller skating rink. They fell in love and married that same year. Over the next nine years, they made their home wherever the military stationed them, Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico, Topeka Army Air Field in Kansas, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and Hahan Air Base in Germany. After being stationed at Shaw Field in 1956, Sandy and Jean Pettigrew made Sumter their final home, where they raised their family of six children. He was a Mason and a Shriner. In 1995, he and Jean moved in with daughter Babette and her husband in their home in Sumter, where they were cared for, for the remainder of their lives. He leaves to cherish his memory: five children, Charline Burger of Dalton, Georgia, David Pettigrew (Jenny) of Lexington, North Carolina, Linda Irick (Phillip) of North Myrtle Beach, Babette Meadows of Sumter and Brantley Pettigrew of Nipomo, California.; six grandchildren, Rebecca Jeffo, Frances Vincent, Lorie Joy, Lee Burger, Wesley Burger and Christian Amos; and 11 great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and a son, John Ashley Pettigrew, he was preceded in death by his loving wife Jean, with whom he had been married for 70 years. He missed her so very much and wished to be with her again. Four years after her death, he was united again with the love of his life, his soul mate, Jean, for Christmas Day 2021. He also leaves behind his life-long friend, James "Sleepy" McColl of Florence. He and Sleepy grew up together in Marion from first grade through high school and remained close friends throughout their lives. Graveside services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Dr. David Richardson officiating. Mr. Pettigrew will be buried next to his wife, Jean, in the Pettigrew family section of Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery in Florence. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to a charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be made at www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. | |
| MILI | He was a 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Uniquely, besides serving in three wars, he was one of the very few who served in three branches of the U.S. military, the Marine Corps, the Army and the Air Force. During World War II and the day after his 16th birthday, he joined the Marine Corps, saying that he was 17 years old, the minimum age requirement. Several months after his basic training, his real age was discovered, and he was discharged. He immediately joined the Army, eventually transferring to the Army Air Corps, which became the Air Force. By the time the Army noticed that he was too young to enlist, he was already old enough to stay. Early in 1947, while TDY in Denver, Colorado, he met a cute girl named "Jean" at the roller skating rink. They fell in love and married that same year. Over the next nine years, they made their home wherever the military stationed them, Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico, Topeka Army Air Field in Kansas, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and Hahan Air Base in Germany. After being stationed at Shaw Field in 1956, Sandy and Jean Pettigrew made Sumter their final home, where they raised their family of six children. [2] | |
| MILI | He was a 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He served during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Uniquely, besides serving in three wars, he was one of the very few who served in three branches of the U.S. military, the Marine Corps, the Army and the Air Force. During World War II and the day after his 16th birthday, he joined the Marine Corps, saying that he was 17 years old, the minimum age requirement. Several months after his basic training, his real age was discovered, and he was discharged. He immediately joined the Army, eventually transferring to the Army Air Corps, which became the Air Force. By the time the Army noticed that he was too young to enlist, he was already old enough to stay. Early in 1947, while TDY in Denver, Colorado, he met a cute girl named "Jean" at the roller skating rink. They fell in love and married that same year. Over the next nine years, they made their home wherever the military stationed them, Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico, Topeka Army Air Field in Kansas, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana and Hahan Air Base in Germany. After being stationed at Shaw Field in 1956, Sandy and Jean Pettigrew made Sumter their final home, where they raised their family of six children. | |
| _UID | 7503E7877CB7412B9401C62082B1C7201A68 | |
| _UID | 7503E7877CB7412B9401C62082B1C7201A68 | |
| Death | 24 Dec 2021 | at home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) |
| Burial | 31 Dec 2021 | Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, 524 South Ebenezer Road, Florence, South Carolina [2] |
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| Person ID | I313774 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 29 Dec 2021 | |
| Father | Robert Sanders PETTIGREW, Sr. d. Bef 24 Dec 2021 | |
| Mother | Gladys GALLOWAY d. Bef 24 Dec 2021 | |
| _UID | 77CE523B3083480E8945842BB3013EA0EA31 | |
| _UID | 77CE523B3083480E8945842BB3013EA0EA31 | |
| Family ID | F224038 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Ina Jeannine “Jean” WOODHAMS, b. 17 Sep 1929, Denver, Colorado d. 18 Aug 2017, at home (Gilbert, South Carolina) (Age 87 years) | |||||||||||||
| Marriage | 1947 [1] | |||||||||||||
| _UID | D6361C228D584FE8B994C4E953B28B968675 | |||||||||||||
| _UID | D6361C228D584FE8B994C4E953B28B968675 | |||||||||||||
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| Family ID | F210092 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 22 Aug 2017 | |||||||||||||
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