Adams County MsArchives Obituaries.....Pettis, William "Bro" May 20 2004
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Ann Allen Geoghegan http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00008.html#0001878 May 28, 2004, 11:53 am

Natchez Democrat, May 28, 2004
William "Bro" Pettis

Nov. 25, 1916 - May 20, 2004

NATCHEZ - Services for William Pettis, 87, of Chicago, Ill., who died Thursday, 
May 20, 2004, in Chicago, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. James Baptist 
Church with the Rev. James Anderson officiating.

Burial will follow at St. Mark Baptist Church Cemetery in Kingston under the 
direction of George F. West Funeral Home.

Visitation is from noon to 10 p.m. today at the funeral home and from 10 a.m. 
until service time Saturday at the church.

Mr. Pettis was born Nov. 25, 1916, in Adams County, the son of Johnnie and Ida 
Pettis of Natchez.

Survivors include his daughters, Irene (Curtis) Jones and Rhonda Petties; one 
son, William Petties Jr.; 14 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and five 
great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Bessie Johnson of Chicago, Annie Mae 
(Leslie) Joyner of Missouri and Elizabeth (Willie) Briscoe of Chicago; one 
brother, Richard (Carrie) Petties; two sisters-in-law, Dorothy Petties and 
Marquerite Petties of New Orleans; and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins, 
other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers will be Joe D. Wallace, Robert Lewis, Alexander McQuarter, Clyde 
Bernard, Charles Screw and Ponce Crosonga.


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