JACKSONVILLE - Memorial services for Berryman "Pete" Pavletich, 89, Jacksonville, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Rob Godwin presiding.
Burial will follow in Still Waters Memorial Gardens under direction of Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville.
He was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Alto to P.J. and Annie Treadwell Pavletich. He grew up in New Salem and Jacksonville, graduating from JHS and attending Lon Morris College.
He entered the Navy on Jan. 1, 1945, and instructed pilots in simulated flights in the Link Trainer and later was a flight instructor at the Naval Training School operated at the Municipal Airport.
He worked for his father at the Pavletich Auto Supply. After his discharge from the Navy, he opened GI Trade Schools. In 1951, he became partners in a lumber company that was in operation for 27 years. In 1980, he started Pete Pavletich Company, which remains in operation. He was a 32nd-degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Pam Esteve; granddaughter, Devon Lin Burton; and brothers, Jack Paul and Yacob Pavletich.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Ramelle Pavletich, Jacksonville, son, Paul Pavletich, Jacksonville; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers are Clay Carter, Hulon Brown, Max Treadwell, Tommy Dan Treadwell, Bill McCarter and Wayne Hammons.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church's Priest Discretionary Fund, P.O. Box 472, Jacksonville, 75766.
Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 4/7/2007
Burial will follow in Still Waters Memorial Gardens under direction of Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville.
He was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Alto to P.J. and Annie Treadwell Pavletich. He grew up in New Salem and Jacksonville, graduating from JHS and attending Lon Morris College.
He entered the Navy on Jan. 1, 1945, and instructed pilots in simulated flights in the Link Trainer and later was a flight instructor at the Naval Training School operated at the Municipal Airport.
He worked for his father at the Pavletich Auto Supply. After his discharge from the Navy, he opened GI Trade Schools. In 1951, he became partners in a lumber company that was in operation for 27 years. In 1980, he started Pete Pavletich Company, which remains in operation. He was a 32nd-degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Pam Esteve; granddaughter, Devon Lin Burton; and brothers, Jack Paul and Yacob Pavletich.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Ramelle Pavletich, Jacksonville, son, Paul Pavletich, Jacksonville; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers are Clay Carter, Hulon Brown, Max Treadwell, Tommy Dan Treadwell, Bill McCarter and Wayne Hammons.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church's Priest Discretionary Fund, P.O. Box 472, Jacksonville, 75766.
Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 4/7/2007
JACKSONVILLE - Memorial services for Berryman "Pete" Pavletich, 89, Jacksonville, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church with the Rev. Rob Godwin presiding.
Burial will follow in Still Waters Memorial Gardens under direction of Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville.
He was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Alto to P.J. and Annie Treadwell Pavletich. He grew up in New Salem and Jacksonville, graduating from JHS and attending Lon Morris College.
He entered the Navy on Jan. 1, 1945, and instructed pilots in simulated flights in the Link Trainer and later was a flight instructor at the Naval Training School operated at the Municipal Airport.
He worked for his father at the Pavletich Auto Supply. After his discharge from the Navy, he opened GI Trade Schools. In 1951, he became partners in a lumber company that was in operation for 27 years. In 1980, he started Pete Pavletich Company, which remains in operation. He was a 32nd-degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Pam Esteve; granddaughter, Devon Lin Burton; and brothers, Jack Paul and Yacob Pavletich.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Ramelle Pavletich, Jacksonville, son, Paul Pavletich, Jacksonville; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers are Clay Carter, Hulon Brown, Max Treadwell, Tommy Dan Treadwell, Bill McCarter and Wayne Hammons.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church's Priest Discretionary Fund, P.O. Box 472, Jacksonville, 75766.
Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 4/7/2007
Burial will follow in Still Waters Memorial Gardens under direction of Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville.
He was born Oct. 17, 1917, in Alto to P.J. and Annie Treadwell Pavletich. He grew up in New Salem and Jacksonville, graduating from JHS and attending Lon Morris College.
He entered the Navy on Jan. 1, 1945, and instructed pilots in simulated flights in the Link Trainer and later was a flight instructor at the Naval Training School operated at the Municipal Airport.
He worked for his father at the Pavletich Auto Supply. After his discharge from the Navy, he opened GI Trade Schools. In 1951, he became partners in a lumber company that was in operation for 27 years. In 1980, he started Pete Pavletich Company, which remains in operation. He was a 32nd-degree Mason.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Pam Esteve; granddaughter, Devon Lin Burton; and brothers, Jack Paul and Yacob Pavletich.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Ramelle Pavletich, Jacksonville, son, Paul Pavletich, Jacksonville; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Honorary pallbearers are Clay Carter, Hulon Brown, Max Treadwell, Tommy Dan Treadwell, Bill McCarter and Wayne Hammons.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Episcopal Church's Priest Discretionary Fund, P.O. Box 472, Jacksonville, 75766.
Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 4/7/2007
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