A 24-year-old Wichita man died Tuesday at St. Francis Regional Medical Center of a gunshot wound he suffered over the weekend. Police said Jerry Petty was shot outside his apartment early Sunday. Mr. Petty was born Jan. 21, 1956, in Wichita and had lived there all his life. He is survived by a son, Marcus, and a daughter, Lisa, both of Wichita; his mother and stepfather, Herbert C and Mary Graves, Wichita; his father and step-mother, Jack R. and Mary Lou Petty, Salina; four brothers, Jimmy, Golbert, and Jeffery, all of Wichita, and William, Smolan; two sisters, Julie Ann Morton, Riviera, Ariz., and Vera Jane Petty, Nashville, Tenn.; and his grandmothers, Emma Gruver, Scott City, and Lena G. Petty, Lucas. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Resthaven Mortuary, Wichita, the Rev. Kent Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in the Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary.
Katherine A. McGee (Young)
The Salina Journal, Thu, Jan 12, 1984, Page 9
A 24-year-old Wichita man died Tuesday at St. Francis Regional Medical Center of a gunshot wound he suffered over the weekend. Police said Jerry Petty was shot outside his apartment early Sunday. Mr. Petty was born Jan. 21, 1956, in Wichita and had lived there all his life. He is survived by a son, Marcus, and a daughter, Lisa, both of Wichita; his mother and stepfather, Herbert C and Mary Graves, Wichita; his father and step-mother, Jack R. and Mary Lou Petty, Salina; four brothers, Jimmy, Golbert, and Jeffery, all of Wichita, and William, Smolan; two sisters, Julie Ann Morton, Riviera, Ariz., and Vera Jane Petty, Nashville, Tenn.; and his grandmothers, Emma Gruver, Scott City, and Lena G. Petty, Lucas. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Resthaven Mortuary, Wichita, the Rev. Kent Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in the Resthaven Gardens of Memory. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the mortuary.