Forrest Turner Petty

Mr. Forrest Turner Petty, age 84, of Blue Ridge, GA, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2009 at Copper Basin Medical Center. Forrest was born Thursday, July 24, 1924 in Dixon Co. Tenn. to the late Zollie Hensley Petty and the late Pearl Sager Petty. He was a member of McCaysville Church of Christ, Epworth Community Club, and retired from Tennessee Chemical Company. He was preceded in death by brothers, Albert, Wylie, Hubert, and Maurice Petty and one sister, Oda Von Schmittou..

Survivors include: wife, Dorothy Byrn Petty, son & daughter-in-law, John M. & Belinda Petty of Ducktown, daughter, Cathy Byrn Petty of Clarkesville, TN, grandsons, Michel & Jeffery Petty, grandson & wife, Jared & Lauren Snyder, grandson, Logan Snyder, granddaughter & husband, Megan & Mitchel Hodge, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 12:30 PM from the Finch-Cochran Funeral Home Chapel with the Minister Bill Johnston officiating. Interment will follow in Crestlawn Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers are: Joe Byrn, Mike Ballew, Jerry Snyder, Logan Snyder, Michael Petty, Jeffery Petty.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from Tuesday, March 24, 10:00 AM-12:30 PM.

The Finch-Cochran Funeral Home of McCaysville, Georgia is in charge of arrangements. You may send condolences to the family and sign the guest register at www.cochranfuneralhomes.com.