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Earl Alvin Petty

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Birth	:	15 Jan 1924 Argyle, Clinch County, Georgia, USA
Death	:	10 Dec 1999 Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
Burial	:	Forest Meadows Memorial Park East, Gainesville, Alachua County, USA
Coordinate	:	29.6382275, -82.2782440
Plot	:	Section B, Plot 135 - 3,4
Inscription	:	Together forever
Description	:	Gainesville Sun Saturday, 11 December 1999 Earl Petty, the Gainesville insurance man whose son became a world-famous rock star, died Friday morning after a long history of illness. He was 75. Tom Petty's dad still lived in the house he bought in 1947, where he and wife, Katherine, raised Tom, now 49, and Bruce, 47. "He died comfortably at home," said Gainesville Police Department Capt. Sadie Darnell, Mr. Petty's niece, who grew up in the house next door. Although the cause of death has not been determined, Mr. Petty, who retired in 1988, suffered from diabetes, emphysema and other ailments. A native... Read More	Gainesville Sun Saturday, 11 December 1999 Earl Petty, the Gainesville insurance man whose son became a world-famous rock star, died Friday morning after a long history of illness. He was 75. Tom Petty's dad still lived in the house he bought in 1947, where he and wife, Katherine, raised Tom, now 49, and Bruce, 47. "He died comfortably at home," said Gainesville Police Department Capt. Sadie Darnell, Mr. Petty's niece, who grew up in the house next door. Although the cause of death has not been determined, Mr. Petty, who retired in 1988, suffered from diabetes, emphysema and other ailments. A native of Bronson, Mr. Petty was an Air Force groundsman in Egypt during World War II. After the war, he returned to Gainesville and went to work as a truck driver for the Eli Witt tobacco and candy company. After he married Katherine "Kitty" Avery in 1947, Mr. Petty was hired as an underwriter by the National Standard Insurance Co. He and his wife both taught Sunday school at North Central Baptist Church. Katherine Petty died in 1980, the same year Tom released his first million-selling album. "I didn't ever think he'd make anything in music," Mr. Petty told The Sun in 1990. "But I admired him for doing it; it made me feel good having somebody in the family that could play a tune, because none of the rest of us could."

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Earl Alvin Petty's memorial is located at: Forest Meadows Memorial Park East, Gainesville, Alachua County, USA.
When did Earl Alvin Petty death?
Earl Alvin Petty death on 10 Dec 1999 in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
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Latitude: 29.6382275
Longitude: -82.2782440

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Spouse

Katherine Johney “Kitty” Avery Petty

(1927 - 1980)

Siblings

Wesley Hyrman Petty

(1917 - 2005)

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Coordinate: 29.6382275, -82.2782440

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14. Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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15. Serenola Community Cemetery
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16. Saint John's AME Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 29.7108470, -82.2556720

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23. Windsor Methodist Cemetery
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