Petty, D.D.

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• Reference Number: PETT.M002
• _FGRAVE: 124902137
• Funeral: 15 Feb 2014, Fiatt, Fulton County, Illinois

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Mason G. Petty, 93, of rural Claremont, died Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at the home of his daughter, Donna Moore, in rural Cuba.

Cremation has been accorded. A memorial service will be held at Fiatt Independent Christian Church in Fiatt at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 with Pastor Jim Menne officiating. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. A Celebration of Life will be held in Olney in the spring with burial in Amity Cemetery. Murphy-Sedgwick Memorial Home in Canton is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Petty was born July 22, 1920, in Liberty Center, Indiana, the son of Rev. Bert M. and Fay (Coquillette) Petty. He was married December 23, 1944, to Beulah Fern Baylor in Homer. She preceded him in death in 2005.

He attended McKendree College and University of Illinois.During World War II, he worked at Curtiss-Wright in St. Louis building airplanes until he moved to the farm north of Claremont, Illinois, in 1944.

Mason farmed in Richland County, worked for AMF and later for the Illinois Department of Transportation.He was active in the Richland County Republican Party for many years.He was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Olney.After retirement, Mason and Beulah traveled to 46 of the Lower 48 states. He enjoyed sports and played basketball in high school and college.He also loved camping and photography.

Mr. Petty is survived by his five children, Donna (J.C.) Moore, of Cuba, Deborah Petty, of Springfield, Rebecca Scott, of Fairfield, Jim (Beth) Petty and Gary Petty, of Olney; six grandchildren, Heather (Don) Borst, Jayme (Sarah Lindquist) Moore, Heidi (Eric) Howard, Doug (Melinda) Moore, Ross (Emily Cartmill) Petty, and Brent Petty; six great-grandchildren; sister, Ellen Hendrix, of Bloomington; several nieces; and a nephew.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, brother, Cecil, and infant brother, James.

Died:
Mason G. Petty, 93, of rural Claremont, died Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at the home of his daughter, Donna Moore, in rural Cuba.

Mason married Baylor, Beulah Fern on 23 Dec 1944 in Homer, Champaign County, Illinois. Beulah (daughter of Baylor, Roscoe and Fancher, Maude Marie) was born on 11 May 1921 in Champaign County, Illinois; died on 2 Apr 2005 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 5 Apr 2005 in Amity Cemetery, Amity, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Retired School Teacher
• Reference Number: BAYL.B001
• _FGRAVE: 41585817
• Funeral: 5 Apr 2005, First Presbyterian Church, Olney, Richland County, Illinois

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Beulah Fern Petty, 83, of Claremont, died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2, 2005, at her son's residence in Olney.

Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Olney. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church with Pastor Denise Burke officiating. Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in Amity Cemetery in rural Claremont.

Mrs. Petty was born on May 11, 1921, in rural Champaign County, the daughter of Roscoe and Maude Marie (Fancher) Baylor. She married Mason Petty on December 23, 1944, in Homer by Reverend Bert Petty.
He survives.

She was a retired school teacher and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Olney.

Mrs. Petty is survived by her husband, Mason Petty, of Claremont; three daughters, Donna Moore and her husband, J.C., of Cuba, Illinois, Deborah Petty, of Springfield, and Rebecca Scott, of Fairfield; two sons, Jim Petty and his wife, Beth, of Olney, and Gary Petty, of Olney; a sister, Winifred Mullins, of Champaign; a brother, Cecil Baylor, of Lima, Ohio; and six grandchildren, Heather Borst, Ross and Brent Petty, Jayme and Doug Moore and Heidi Scott.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Mary Elizabeth, and a brother, Donald.

The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, April 2005
Contributor: B Pipher (47211947) • beckypipher@yahoo.com

Bert married Coquillette, Fay. Fay died before 4 Feb 2014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: BAYL.R001

Roscoe married Fancher, Maude Marie about 1970 in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas. Maude died before 2 Apr 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: FANC.M001