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Everret Petty

Everret Petty

Male 1913 - 2007  (94 years)

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  • Name Everret Petty  [1] 
    Birth 1 Jan 1913  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Jul 2007 
    Burial Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Henry Jasper (Jap) Petty,   b. 23 May 1877   d. 28 Jul 1955  (Age 78 years)  (Father) 
    Susan Penelope Hefley,   b. 1857, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1930, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I763  1794 BARLOW-GAWF/GOFF (US-NC-WAK / US-TN-HEN) I-FTA50669
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

    Father Henry Jasper (Jap) Petty,   b. 23 May 1877   d. 28 Jul 1955 (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Agnes Goff,   b. 1878   d. 6 Feb 1919 (Age 41 years) 
    Family ID F58  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cathrine Pedigo,   b. 23 Oct 1916   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 3 Oct 1941  Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Pedigo Petty   d. Bef 2007
     2. George William Petty
    Family ID F334  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2023 

  • Notes 
    • Center Hill Cem, Henderson Co., TN http://www.tngenweb.org/records/henderson/cemeteries/center-h.htm
      Petty, Cathrine Pedigo, Oct. 23, 1916-____
      Petty, Everett, Jan. 1, 1913-____, "Our children John Pedigo and George William" "Our grandchildren Ruth Catherine, Alice Ames, and George William"

      http://genealogytrails.com/tenn/henderson/obitP.html#ep1064
      EVERETT PETTY - Service for Everett Petty will be held Monday, August 6, 2007 in the sancturay of First United Methodist Church in Jackson, TN. Interment will be in Center Hill Cemetery in Henderson County, TN. Mr. Petty, 94, died Saturday, July 14, 2007 after a brief illness. Mr. Petty was born January 1, 1913 in Henderson Co, TN, the son of Henry Jasper Petty and Agnes Goff Petty. His family moved to Jackson, TN, where he attended Jackson city schools. He graduated from West Tennessee Business College and Union University, and studies newspaper advertising at Columbia University in New York City. Mr. Petty married Cathrine Pedigo on October 3, 1941 at the Concordia Lutheran Church in Jackson. They made their home in Jackson and raised two sons, John Pedigo Petty and George William Petty. In 2005, Mr. and Mrs. Petty moved to Rochester, MN. In the 1930's and 1940's, Mr. Petty worked for the Agricultural Adjustment Admin. and U.S. Goverment Ordinance Offices in Tennessee and Kentucky. During WWII, he served in the 163rd Bomb Disposal Squad attached to the 12th Army Group under Omar Bradley in England, Belgium, France, and Germany. Mr. Petty started his newspaper advertising career with the Jackson Sun in May 1946 and became advertising manager of the Sun in 1969. After retiring in 1973, he worked in the advertising departments of WTJS and WTNN radio stations in Jackson until 1987. Survivors include his wife, Catherine Petty, son, Dr. George William Petty of Rochester, MN; three grandchildren; a half sister, Marie Forsythe of Jackson; and daughter-in-law, Linda Anderson Petty of Kansas City, MO. Preceding him in death were his son, John Pedigo Petty; his sisters, Evelyn Johnson, Evorah Merriwether, and Eunice Kelleher; his brothers, Houston Petty, Jerome Petty, and William Petty, and his half sister, Margaret King.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18] Hardy Haney & His Descendants, p. 25.

    2. [S14] Center Hill Cem., Henderson Co., TN.