From the files of John Elroy Petty
According to Marvin McMeen, whose mother Lettie Ethel Fields, a sister to Mamie Fields Petty, said that William Edward Petty came from West Tennessee to Santa Fe, Tennessee, to visit kinfolks. While there he met and married Mamie Fields, and they went back to West Tennessee to live the next year. In 1924 William Edward Petty purchased a 1924 Model "T" Ford automobile from Dwight Blackley, in Hornbeak. Mr. Blackley was a Ford dealer at that time, and the next year he went into the Chevrolet business. This Model "T" Ford car was the first automobile purchased by our branch of the Petty family, and it was in this automobile that his son, Howard Petty and Opal Davis were married. They were married September 01, 1926, in Shawtown, by Guy Calhoun, J.P., and since it was raining, Howard and Opal never got out of the car. Mr. Calhoun gave and received the marriage vows as his wife held the umbrella over their heads to keep the rain off.
From the files of John Elroy Petty
In the winter of 1917-1918, Mamie's sisters and their husbands came to West Tennessee to visit their sister, and
possibly to live there. Lettie Ethel was married to Henry McMeen, and Lillie Bell was married to Homer Pipkin.
The men, along with their eldest sons, came to West Tennessee by wagon. Their wives followed later by train to
Fulton, KY. They arrived at their sisters house just in time to be greeted by four to five feet of snow, one of the
worst snow storms to be recorded for the area. In many places, you could not see the top of fences. As the story
goes, they were coming to West Tennessee to "Get Rich" raising cotton.In the winter of 1917-1918, Mamie's sisters and their husbands came to West Tennessee to visit their sister, and possibly to live there. Lettie Ethel was married to Henry McMeen, and Lillie Bell was married to Homer Pipkin. The men, along with their eldest sons, came to West Tennessee by wagon. Their wives followed later by train to Fulton, KY. They arrived at their sisters house just in time to be greeted by four to five feet of snow, one of the
worst snow storms to be recorded for the area. In many places, you could not see the top of fences. As the story goes, they were coming to West Tennessee to "Get Rich" raising cotton.
file of James Petty SLC
Petty Papers Vol 6 #2 pg 34
file of James E Petty of KS
see file for her ancestors
file of James E Petty of KS
never married
file of James E Petty of KS
file of James E Petty of KS