Born in Laurel County on April 22, 1897, he was the son of the former Percy Lawson and C.S. Petrey, both of whom preceded him in death.
He married the former Cynthia Smiley on March 27, 1917, in Pulaski County, and she survives.
Other survivors include three children, Clarence M. Petrey, Mary G. Dyer, and Dicy Jewell Bullock, all of Cincinnati; seven brothers, Elbert Petrey, Woodstock, Ky., Edward Petrey, Henry Petrey, Clinton Petrey, and Virgil Petrey, all of Lansing, Tenn., Frank Petrey, Cincinnati, and David Petrey, Crawfordsville, Ind.; two sisters, Alice Poynter, Bradenton Beach, Fla. and Anna Jones, Otterheim, Ky.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
One son, Fred C. Petrey, preceded him in death.
Petrey came to Pulaski County from Laurel County as a child. He was a farmer and a member and deacon of the Eden Baptist Church.
......illegible......Sunday, November 19, at the......illegible......Henry Haynes officiating.
Burial was in the Woodstock Cemetery.
Somerset Undertaking Co. was in charge of arrangements.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Monday, November 20, 1978.
Born in Laurel County on April 22, 1897, he was the son of the former Percy Lawson and C.S. Petrey, both of whom preceded him in death.
He married the former Cynthia Smiley on March 27, 1917, in Pulaski County, and she survives.
Other survivors include three children, Clarence M. Petrey, Mary G. Dyer, and Dicy Jewell Bullock, all of Cincinnati; seven brothers, Elbert Petrey, Woodstock, Ky., Edward Petrey, Henry Petrey, Clinton Petrey, and Virgil Petrey, all of Lansing, Tenn., Frank Petrey, Cincinnati, and David Petrey, Crawfordsville, Ind.; two sisters, Alice Poynter, Bradenton Beach, Fla. and Anna Jones, Otterheim, Ky.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
One son, Fred C. Petrey, preceded him in death.
Petrey came to Pulaski County from Laurel County as a child. He was a farmer and a member and deacon of the Eden Baptist Church.
......illegible......Sunday, November 19, at the......illegible......Henry Haynes officiating.
Burial was in the Woodstock Cemetery.
Somerset Undertaking Co. was in charge of arrangements.
From The Commonwealth-Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - Monday, November 20, 1978.
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Oscar William Petrey
1893–1967
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Grace Ellen "Gracie" Petrey Smiley
1901–1958
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Edward Petrey
1903–1993
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Sarah Marcella Petrey Smiley
1905–1947
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Henry Grant Petrey
1908–1989
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Luther Caleb Petrey
1910–1970
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Anna Elizabeth Petrey Jones
1913–2006
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David Green Petrey
1915–2005
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Lora Petrey
1921–1923
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