S.L. Pettus

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIMITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: Born in Nashville, Tennessee, June 7, 1880. My parents, Clement and Alice Pettus, united with the Primitive Baptist Church when I was about seven years of age. I united with the same church with them when I was fourteen years of age. I began exercising in public in September 1897, and was ordained to the work of the ministry in November the following year. I served as pastor of churches until the Spring of 1904, and then moved to Fulton, Kentucky. I was married to Miss Alice Spain, June 10, 1903, who passed away in Feb. 1905. I was married to Miss Josie Pace, July 1, 1907 and we located at Sturgeon, Missouri. We were blessed with two children. In Nov 1910, I moved to Macon, Mo. My wife Josie, died Dec. 23, 1927. I later married her sister, Mattie, Nov. 1, 1928. She passed away Dec. 13, 1950. I was married to Mrs. Mabel McAfee, Nov. 4, 1951. She passed away Dec. 21, 1964. I have served as pastor of churches in Tennessee, Mo. and Iowa. At present, March 1968, I am pastor of the church in Atlanta, Missouri, where my membership is. NOTE: Elder Pettus was the first editor of the Gospel Witness, started in 1944, and in 1962 asked to be relieved of that responsibility. He died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1970.