CPT Fred Yvonne Petty (1895-1977) - Find a Grave Memorial

CPT Fred Yvonne Petty

Birth

16 Dec 1895

Hamburg, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA

Death

22 Oct 1977 (aged 81)

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA

Burial

Memorial Park Cemetery

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Information extracted from headstone, SSDI records, and OKVRI. Additional information extracted from obituary. GPS coordinates are based on where the person was standing when taking the photograph.

OKVRI (Oklahoma Vital Records Index)
Name: Fred Y. Petty
Gender: Male
Death Location: Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Death Date: 10/22/1977

Social Security Death Index (SSDI) information:
Name: Fred Petty
SSN Issued: Oklahoma
Date of Birth: Sunday December 16, 1894*
Date of Death: October 1977
Last known residence: Tulsa; Tulsa County; Oklahoma 74112
Location of Last Benefit Paid: Tulsa; Tulsa County; Oklahoma 74112
*Headstone has 1895 so went with 1895 as birth date. If able to find other information verifying 1894 or a different birth year, I will change it and make a note in the Bio section.

Their suggestion: (obituary re-written by me to avoid copyright issues and removed names of living people).
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Suggested edit: CORRECTED OBITUARY.

Funeral service to be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 25, 1977, Memorial Park Chapel, Tulsa. Eugene R. Augustine will lead the services.

He is survived by his daughter of Tulsa, and sister, Mrs. O. L. "Ethel" Barlow (ID# 80029642) of Hominy, Oklahoma.

He was preceded by his parents; 2 infant sisters, Mable Petty (linked) and Thelma Petty (linked); 3 infant brothers, Willie Petty (linked), Tillman Petty (linked), and Jim Petty (linked); 4 brothers, Sam Petty (linked), Jack Perkins Petty (linked), Oscar K. Petty (linked), and Robert Taylor Petty (linked); 2 sisters, Lena Rivers Williams (linked) and Louisa P. Crow (linked); and numerous friends.

Fred Yvonne Petty was 81 and lived at Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died Saturday, Doctor's Hospital, Tulsa, of lung cancer. He was born Monday, December 16, 1895, in Hardin County, Hamburg, Tennessee, to William Green Petty and Margaret Ann (Perkins) Petty. Fred served in the United States Army as a Lieutenant in WWI and Captain in WWII, in the Pacific. He was a retired car salesman for Fred Jones Ford. Fred was a member of First Christian Church, a Master Mason, and Shriner.

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