Fredrick Gaston Pettiford, Sr. (Rat) was the son of the late Richard Irving Pettiford and Myrtle Love Pettiford.  He was born in Person County on July 27, 1936.  He departed this life on May 22, 2016 at Duke Regional Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. 

Rat joined Mill Hill Baptist Church at a young age and was a faithful member until his death.  Rat was educated in the Person County School System.

Rat leaves to cherish his memory five sons and one daughter – Kenneth Pettiford (wife Ezanda) of Durham;  Fredrick Pettiford, Jr of Pennsylvania; Barry Pettiford of Timberlake, NC; Thomas Parham, Sr (wife Pamela) of Durham, NC; Roger Hamlett of Roxboro, NC; and Betsy Miles of Burlington, NC; five sisters – Augusta Pulliam of Maryland; Elizabeth Johnson, of Roxboro, NC; Mary Jane Torian of Roxboro, NC; Annie Bell Lester of Roxboro, NC;  and Mamie Lester of Roxboro, NC; two  sisters-in-law – Mary B. Pettiford and Bertha R. Pettiford; and 22 grandchildren, 19 great -grandchildren; and a host of additional relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Mae Pettiford; 1 sister, Annie P. Johnson; and 4 brothers -- William Isaac Pettiford, James Obie Pettiford, Squire R. Pettiford Sr, and Lewis Pettiford.              

















The family of the late
Fredrick 'Rat' Pettiford
would like to thank everyone for the many acts of kindness that they received after the death of their loved one.


Funeral Service

Saturday, May 28, 2016
2:00 PM
Mill Hill Baptist Church 
1635 Mill Hill Road
Roxboro, North Carolina 27574
Phone: (336) 599-6553
Rev. Frederick Wilson, Officiating

Burial

Mill Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
Roxboro, North Carolina
Fredrick Gaston 'Rat' Pettiford, Sr
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