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Gloria Pettis Obituary

Gloria Jean Pettis

Jackson - Funeral Services for Gloria Jean Pettis, age 67, will be Friday, April 26, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Hurts Chapel C.M.E. Church. Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens.

Ms. Pettis died, Friday, April 19, 2019 at Jackson General Hospital.

Visitation for Ms. Pettis will begin Thursday morning, April 25, 2019 from 10:00 AM until 7:00 PM at Mercer Brothers Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Ms. Pettis will lie-in-state on Friday afternoon, April 26, 2019 at Hurts Chapel C.M.E. Church from 1:00 PM until time of service.

She is survived by two children, Cedric Johnson and Shantell Pettis; three sisters, Carolyn Ozier, Canoria Williams, and Paulette (Erick) Brimm; one brother, Ronald "Wolf" Pettis; and five grandchildren.

Published by The Jackson Sun on Apr. 25, 2019.

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Janice Pearson

April 29, 2020

Rest in Peace Gloria. Love you, Janice

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April 25, 2019

Rest in Love GP. I love you. You were always real with me.

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25

Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Mercer Brothers Funeral Home

501 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Jackson, TN

Apr

26

Lying in State

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Hurts Chapel C.M.E. Church

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Apr

26

Funeral service

2:00 p.m.

Hurts Chapel C.M.E. Church

TN

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501 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Jackson, TN 38301

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