Elgia Uriah Petty

March 21, 2014

Mr. Elgia Uriah Petty, 74, passed away on Saturday, March 1, 2014, in Navy Ship, Saipan.

Mr. Petty was a native of Pensacola and was a resident of Navy Ship, Saipan. Mr. Petty was a U.S. Marine and Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a millwright and worked in the oil fields for various oil companies around the Flomaton and Jay area. He was a graduate of Century High School, where he was star athlete. His parents, Dr. Bill and Nell Petty; two daughters, Tina Petty and Anita Petty and Prentiss mother, Julia Lowery Petty, precede him in death.

Survivors include his daughter, Prentiss (David) Greene of Sylvester, GA; two brothers, Basil (Myung Ja) Petty of Warrior, AL and Joe M. Petty of Bogia; two sisters, Marion (Ronnie) Stedmen of Flomaton and Donna Fillmore of Flomaton; five grandchildren, Nichole (Ryan) Walker of Ellaville, GA, Shawn Greene of Albany, GA, Allison Green of Atlanta, GA, Samuel Colbert of Monroeville and Ashley Green of Sylvester, GA and one great-great grandchild, Julia Suzanne Walker of Ellaville, GA.

Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 22, 2014, at 10 a.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with Bro. Harlan Spencer officiating.

Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Homes is in charge of all arrangements.

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2 Responses to “Elgia Uriah Petty”

  1. Carlos Heras on June 9th, 2019 9:38 pm

    Sam was a friend that i could always count on. Met Sam in Saipan sometime around 1993 and was a ‘Great American’ . Will miss him.

  2. William Griffith (Bill) on January 15th, 2016 6:52 pm

    EU and I were close friends in the Marines. I lost track of him after my discharge. I did find his brother at a funeral home in Flomaton around 1988 and he told me that EU was in Saipan. Sorry to hear of his passing.

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