VESTA FAIL PETTY Funeral services for Mrs. Vesta Fail Petty, 104, were held Wednesday, June 23 at First Baptist Church in Marquez. Bro. Billy Evans officiated. Interment followed the services at Marquez Cemetery.

Mrs. Petty passed away on Monday, June 21, 2010, at the Hampton Assisted Living Center in Houston.

She was born January 24, 1906 to William Luther Fail and Margret Elizabeth Williams Fail. Mrs. Petty and her husband Eric were long time ranchers and merchants in Marquez. She had a special interest in her Texas bluebonnets, genealogy, DAR and DRT. In her later years, she faithfully attended First Baptist Church of Marquez.

She is survived by son Luther Eric Petty and wife Emma Lee of Spring; daughter Una Petty Jones and husband Melvin of Georgetown;

Twelve grandchildren, Steven Petty and wife Jeanette, Scott Petty, Janet Angst and husband Stewart, Billy Petty, Beverly, Markel Petty and wife Amy, Mitchell Petty and wife Jennifer, Michael Jones and wife Paula,

Gloria Jones, Carolyn Petty Kerr and husband Jim, Shirley Tomlinson and husband Steve and Mark Jones and wife Lisa; 24 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Joyce Cooper; niece, Libby Bowerman of Maryland; and other relatives.

Mrs. Petty was preceded in death by her husband, Eric Petty; son, Alfred Marion (A. M.) Petty; one grandson, Robert Marion (Bobby) Petty; and twin brothers, Melton U. Fail and Welton R. Fail.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 209, Marquez, TX 75865

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