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Malinda Jane <I>Fly</I> Petty

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Malinda Jane Fly Petty

Birth
Sharon, Madison County, Mississippi, USA
Death
20 May 1917 (aged 79)
Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Centreville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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DEATH OF M RS MATILDA JANE PETTY
GREAT GRIEF YESTERDAY WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. A.W. RIGGS OF THE WEST SIDE WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH VISITED THEIR HOME, BEARING ALOFT THE SPIRIT OF MRS MATILDA JANE PETTY, THE BELOVED MOTHER OF MRS RIGGS.
MRS. PETTY WAS IN HER E EIGHTIETH YEAR. SHE WAS BORN IN SHARON, MADISON COUNTY MISS., THE DAUGHTER OF REV. ANDREW TATE FLY, A METHODIST MINISTER, AND IN EARLY GIRLHOOD UNITED WITH THE CHURCH, BEING A MOST CONSISTENT MEMBER. UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, MRS PETTY RESIDED IN CENTERVILLE, MISS., BUT ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN FEBRUARY, CAME TO MAKE HER HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER. MRS PETTY LEAVES TO MOURN HER LOSS ONE SON AND FOUR DAUGHTERS, MR JAMES M PETTY OF STEVENSON, MISS., MRS C.M. ANDERSON OF CENTERVILLE MISS., MRS JAMES A PETTY OF NEW ORLEANS, MRS W.H. CHEVIS OF LAKE SHORE MISS., MRS A.W. RIGGS OF WEST MONROE.
A BRIEF SERVES WERE HELD THIS MORNING AT HER LATE RESIDENCE. REV. E.K. MEANS CONDUCTING THEM AFTER WHICH THE REMAINS ACCOMPANIED BY RELATIVES WERE CARRIED TO CENTERVILLE, MISS FOR INTERMENT.
DEATH OF M RS MATILDA JANE PETTY
GREAT GRIEF YESTERDAY WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOME OF MR. AND MRS. A.W. RIGGS OF THE WEST SIDE WHEN THE ANGEL OF DEATH VISITED THEIR HOME, BEARING ALOFT THE SPIRIT OF MRS MATILDA JANE PETTY, THE BELOVED MOTHER OF MRS RIGGS.
MRS. PETTY WAS IN HER E EIGHTIETH YEAR. SHE WAS BORN IN SHARON, MADISON COUNTY MISS., THE DAUGHTER OF REV. ANDREW TATE FLY, A METHODIST MINISTER, AND IN EARLY GIRLHOOD UNITED WITH THE CHURCH, BEING A MOST CONSISTENT MEMBER. UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, MRS PETTY RESIDED IN CENTERVILLE, MISS., BUT ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND IN FEBRUARY, CAME TO MAKE HER HOME WITH HER DAUGHTER. MRS PETTY LEAVES TO MOURN HER LOSS ONE SON AND FOUR DAUGHTERS, MR JAMES M PETTY OF STEVENSON, MISS., MRS C.M. ANDERSON OF CENTERVILLE MISS., MRS JAMES A PETTY OF NEW ORLEANS, MRS W.H. CHEVIS OF LAKE SHORE MISS., MRS A.W. RIGGS OF WEST MONROE.
A BRIEF SERVES WERE HELD THIS MORNING AT HER LATE RESIDENCE. REV. E.K. MEANS CONDUCTING THEM AFTER WHICH THE REMAINS ACCOMPANIED BY RELATIVES WERE CARRIED TO CENTERVILLE, MISS FOR INTERMENT.


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