Starkville. Joe Ruford Petty, 78, retired farmer, died Thursday at Golden Triangle Regional Medical Center in Columbus. Services at 10:00 a m today at Welch Funeral Home; burial in Adaton Cemetery. He leaves his wife. Mrs. Beulah Langford Petty; a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Teasley of Columbus, Ms. a son, Joe David Petty of Tupelo and a brother John L Petty of Starkville. He died 12 Jan. 1978. Transcribed by C. L. Herrick and donated to http://oktibbehamsgenealogy.org