Miss Mary Frances Petty, 81, of Roanoke, died peacefully at her home Sunday, April 15, 2007. She was born November 8, 1925 in Huntington, W.Va. Miss Petty was a graduate of Jefferson Senior High School, and Roanoke College. She taught English at Northside High School for 28 years, where she served as Chairman of the English Department. She retired from Roanoke County Schools in 1990. Miss Petty was a former member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for Women Educators. She served as a volunteer for the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce. She was a member of Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Dr. Wiley Walton Petty, her mother, Elizabeth Davis Petty, and her grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. John Allen Davis, Jr. She is survived by "The Twins", Nancy Ray Nettles Paul and her sons, C. Barrow, and Westray Rives, and Mary Earle Nettles Stallings, and her husband, Craige; their sister, Fredericka Nettles Aubert, and her husband, Mark, and their children, Zachary, Amara and Micah. Special acknowledgements to Marion Raney, who served as her financial manager; Clinette Harris, Denise Campbell, and Gloria Daye, her special caregivers who enabled her to stay in her beloved home. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, April 19, 2007 at her home. The Rev. F. Tupper Garden to officiate. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Oakwood Cemetery in Charlottesville. The family will receive friends with a reception from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at her home. Memorials may be made to Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, 1837 Grandin Rd. SW, Roanoke, Va. 24015. Arrangements by Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.

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