Helen I. Petty

	Helen I. Petty, age 89, of Pinckneyville, died Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 11:50 p.m. in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	Helen was born near Denmark, Ill. on November 13, 1911, the daughter of Glenn W. and Armilda (Bigham) Cottom.  She married Thurman H. (John) Petty on January 5, 1935 and he preceded her in death on February 2, 1980.  She was a homemaker and member of the First Apostolic Church.
	Survivors include a son, Reggie D. Petty and his wife Diane of Pinckneyville; a daughter, Patsy Lind of St. Louis, Mo.; two sisters, Marjorie Bolin of Pinckneyville and Millie Hardesty of Nashville; five grandchildren, Mitchell Petty of Evansville, Ind., Collin and Chelsea Petty of Pinckneyville, Jeffrey Lind and Lisa Bancroft of St. Louis, Mo.  She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers, Ross and Neil and two sisters, Wilma Bill and Hazel.
	Funeral services were held on Saturday, March 3 at 3 p.m. in the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, with Pastor Leonard Glover officiating.  Interment was in the IOOF Cemetery, Pinckneyville.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home on Saturday from 1 until 3 p.m.
