April Renee Petit, 39, of Smithfield passed away at Wake Med on Monday, August 5, 2024. She was born in Johnston County on March 31, 1985 to Johnny Hocutt Petit, Jr. and Teresa Waters Toole.
April was a Dialysis Patient Advocate. She loved to draw and color. She was obsessed with frogs. She enjoyed watching morning cartoons and watching the character Stitch on the show Lelo and Stitch. Her favorite sayings were: “Just in case” and “Where there’s a will there’s a
way”. Most of all she loved her family.
She is survived by her mother, Teresa Waters Toole, (step-father, Leroy Toole); father, Johnny Hocutt Petit, Jr.; sons, Joseph Spears, Princeton, Cody Morgan Princeton, Lennox Van Dunk, Smithfield, Carlos Garcia, Princeton, and James Wade, Sanford; daughters, Destany Spears, Smithfield, Carlie Spears, Smithfield, Virginia Johnson, Sanford, Bethanie Farrell, Princeton, and Maddie Edwards, Princeton; Brothers, Timmy Petit, Seven Springs and Christopher Petit, Princeton; Sisters, Donna Mitchell, Smithfield, and Mackenzie Petit, Goldsboro.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 pm until 5:00 pm Friday, August 16, 2024 at Casey Funeral Home and Cremations. The funeral will be held at 5:00 pm Friday August 16, 2024 in the chapel of Casey Funeral Home and Cremations with Pastor Steven Braswell officiating. The
committal will be held at 11:00 am Saturday, August 17, 2024 at Princeton Cemetery.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.caseyfh.com
Casey Funeral Home and Cremations is honored to serve the Petit family.
