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Pettus graduated from Rogers High School in Florence, Alabama and attended the former Shelby State Community College, now Southwest Tennessee Community College in [[Memphis]], Tennessee, and the University of North Alabama, also in Florence. From 1988 until his retirement in 2015, he was an Alabama state police trooper and attained the rank of captain. He is a member of the Alabama Cattleman's Association and the [[National Rifle Association]]. He is a former volunteer firefighter for the Greenhill Fire Department. He and his wife, Mary, have three children. They attend the Loretto [[Church of Christ]] in Loretto, Tennessee, located eighteen miles north of Killen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Representative Pettus, Phillip|url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALRepresentative.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85916&OID_PERSON=7700|website=The Alabama Legislature|accessdate=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149977/phillip-pettus#.WfIKgbpFzb0|title=Phillip Pettus|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

Pettus graduated from Rogers High School in Florence, Alabama and attended the former Shelby State Community College, now Southwest Tennessee Community College in [[Memphis]], Tennessee, and the University of North Alabama, also in Florence. From 1988 until his retirement in 2015, he was an Alabama state police trooper and attained the rank of captain. He is a member of the Alabama Cattleman's Association and the [[National Rifle Association]]. He is a former volunteer firefighter for the Greenhill Fire Department. He and his wife, Mary, have three children. They attend the Loretto [[Church of Christ]] in Loretto, Tennessee, located eighteen miles north of Killen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Representative Pettus, Phillip|url=http://www.legislature.state.al.us/aliswww/ISD/ALRepresentative.aspx?OID_SPONSOR=85916&OID_PERSON=7700|website=The Alabama Legislature|accessdate=October 26, 2017}}</ref><ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149977/phillip-pettus#.WfIKgbpFzb0|title=Phillip Pettus|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, Pettus narrowly unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent representative, Greg Burdine, 4,933 (51.4 percent) to 4,652 (48.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Phillip_Pettus|title=Phillip Pettus|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, Pettus won the Republican House primary in District 1, a low turnout election, over intra-party rival Sterling Statom, 1,172 votes (56.3 percent) to 909 (43.7 percent). He then narrowly unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent representative, Greg Burdine, 4,933 (51.4 percent) to 4,652 (48.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Phillip_Pettus|title=Phillip Pettus|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 26, 2017}}</ref>

Pettus is a member of these House committees: (1) Judiciary, (2) Military and Veterans' Affairs, and (3) Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure.<ref name=pvs/>

Pettus is a member of these House committees: (1) Judiciary, (2) Military and Veterans' Affairs, and (3) Transportation, Utilities, and Infrastructure.<ref name=pvs/>