Mary Petty
Posted: September 17, 2019
COLUMBUS — Mary Sue Petty, 66, died Sept. 11, 2019, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bibleway Progressive Church of God in Christ, with Grover Richards officiating Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation is from 3-8 p.m. today at Congregational Worship Center. Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Petty was born Jan. 24, 1953, in Steens, to the late Frank Shelton and Willie Mae Shelton. She was formerly employed as a seamstress with Red Kap Industries and a member of Congregational Worship Center. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Petty; and siblings, Ann Shelton McKinley, Elnora Johnson, Marie Godfrey, Willie L. Shelton and Fred Shelton. She is survived by her children, Edward Petty Jr. of Columbus, Latarshish Renea Petty-Linson of Jackson, Howard Petty of Memphis, Tennessee, Elliott Petty of Liberty, Alabama, and Kristal Petty of Horn Lake; siblings, Virginia Dunlap of Stockbridge, Georgia, Henrietta Bass of Phoenix, Arizona, Abraham Shelton and Joseph Shelton, both of Columbus; 18 grandchildren; and seven grandchildren.