The Lost Children of Mr. and Mrs. Marion & Lillian Petty

My heart goes out to Marion Lee Petty. His family is buried in Enon Cemetery, near Gilmer, Texas. He shares a grave marker with his two wives, and his first is buried with an infant son. They both died in 1920.

Poor L.P. Petty, son of Marion and his second wife, Lillian Lansdale, died of appendicitis 17 July 1939. The poor little boy was just three years old. I wish I knew the little boy's first and middle name. Both his birth record and the death certificate list him as L.P.

His sad little grave marker in Enon Cemetery, outside of Gilmer, Upshur Co., Texas has a simple but heart-breaking inscription:

L.P. Petty

Son of

Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Petty

Feb. 14, 1936

July 17, 1939

Darling

We Miss Thee

As if his family hadn't experienced enough anguish, they lost another child in 1943:

J.W. Petty

Son of

Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Petty

April 24, 1943

April 24, 1943

Asleep in Jesus