Earl Pettyjohn (aka Pettijohn) b 2 Jun 1911 d Mar 1965 s/o Jean Wyatt Pettyjohn and Lily Unknown. Visit Myrtle Potter Photo Gallery. Earl Pettyjohn m. about 1937 to Myrtle Potter b 25 Sept 1919 d 4 Feb 2010; (our heartfelt condolences go out to the family for their loss); d/o Levi Frank Potter and Mazie Frances Collier. Myrtle Potter (Myrtle Potter also married and had children with Vernon Elbert Dellinger).  Child of Myrtle Potter and Earl Pettijohn;

I. Earl Gene Pettijohn (aka Pettyjohn) b 29 Oct 1938 KY d 15 May 1989 UVA Hospital, Charlottsville, VA, m. Peggy Jo Grant d/o Alvin Grant and Willie Leann Duncan.  Children of Earl Gene Pettijohn and Peggy Grant;

i. Earl Gene Pettijohn Jr

ii. Sandra Renee Pettijohn

iii. Stephen Glenn Pettijohn

Peggy Jo Grant m. Eldridge Adams. Children of Peggy Jo Grant and Eldridge Adams;

i. Crystal Adams b 15 Feb 1954

ii. Eldridge Grant Adams b 28 Mar 1957

Peggy Jo Grant m. Allen Yarbrough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Myrtle Mae Ward COEBURN, Va. "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, and I have kept the faith!" II Timothy 4:7 Myrtle Mae Ward, 90, passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at the Herit age Hall Wise, Va. She became a christian at a very early age, and was a great witness for the Lord, she witnessed to every one she came in contact with, and all that knew her, knew she loved the Lord with all her heart. She was preceded in death by her son, Earl Pettijohn; and her grandson, Anthony Scott Blevins. Surviving are her daughter, Debra Pickett of Coeburn; two sons, Roger Dellinger and his wife, Barbara of Coeburn, and Rick Dellinger and his wife, Judy of Midlothian, Va.; six grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and two sisters, Peggy Ramsdail and her husband, Bob of Lima, Ohio, and Nettie Bentley and her husband, Roy of Newark, Ohio. The family will receive friends Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Sturgill Funeral Home, 310 6th Street NW, Coeburn, Va. Funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Monday in the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel Coeburn with the Rev. Stephen Pettijohn and the Rev. Darrell Milgrim officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenwood Acres Cemetery Coeburn. Sturgill Funeral Homes, 310 6th Street NW, Coeburn, VA 24230, in charge of arrangements.

Thanks to Rick Dellinger for submitting additional information and photos for this family. You can reach Rick by email at: rkdllngr@yahoo.com