Valeta Pettigrew
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Graveside services for Valeta Marlene Tillman Pettigrew are scheduled for Monday, February 8, 2021 at 11:00 am in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with Rev. Reginald Long eulogist. Final arrangements have been entrusted to Brooks Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors.
On October 9, 1957, a daughter was born to RJ and Wanda Tillman. Her name was Valeta Marlene Tillman .She graduated from Troup High School in May of 1976. She then went on to attend Texas State Technical College in Waco, TX where she received an Associate Degree in Drafting and Design Technology in 1978. She began working at Eastman Kodak Company in Longview, TX as a drafter. In 2018, she retired after 40 years.
Sister Pettigrew joined Greater New Faith Baptist Church of Troup, TX at a young age. She later joined Galilee Baptist Church of Longview, TX. Valeta was also an avid volunteer at the Longview Community Out-Reach Mission.
On April 4, 1981, she was united in marriage to Clarence Ray Pettigrew. To this union, two daughters were born. Sister Pettigrew was preceded in death by her parents, RJ and Wanda Tillman; brother, Dwight Ray Tillman . On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:30pm, the Lord called Sister Pettigrew from her labors to a reward of rest and peace. To mourn her passing, she leaves her husband, Clarence Pettigrew of Longview; daughters Candace Harris (Derek) and Valyse Pettigrew, of Houston; her brother, Dwain Keith Tillman (Renita) of Houston; granddaughters, McKinley Rae Trammell and Carrington Diane Harris, of Houston. A host of nephews, cousins and friends; and the Galilee Baptist Church family.