H. Steve Petty, 48, of Reynoldsburg, died at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, in the emergency room at Mary Rutan Hospital.
Born in Bellefontaine on Aug. 7, 1955, he was a son of the late Harold M. Petty and of Shirley Linet Petty Short, who survives in Bellefontaine.
On May 11, 1974, he married the former Barbara Jane Wilson, who also survives.
A 1974 graduate of Bellefontaine High School, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was a self-employed car salesman.
Survivors also include one son, Eric Stephen Petty of Reynoldsburg; two daughters, Lorri Lynn Petty of Mesa, Ariz., and Samantha Marie (Thomas) Petty-White of Pickerington; one brother, Michael (Vicky) Petty of Bellefontaine; one sister, Cindy (Mike) Conley of Bellefontaine; and two granchildren, Nathan Stephen White and Ambrea Renne White.
The family receives friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Rexer-Riggin-Madden Funeral Home, DeGraff, where funeral services begin at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The Rev. Rick Petty officiates. Following the funeral, his body will be cremated and at the convenience of the family, the cremains will be interred in the Greenwood-Union Cemetery with military honors provided by the Logan County Honor Guard.
