Charles Rubeno Petty, 59, of 409 Browning Road, entered into eternity on Tuesday, Feb. 28, in New Jersey.

Husband of Jeanette Pearson Petty, he was born in Shelby, N.C. and was a son of Lester Petty, Sr. of the home and the late Troy Viola Littlejohn Petty.

He was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church, a retired Patients Advocate of Greystone State Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey, and past president of C.W.A. Local Union 1040.

In addition to his wife and father, he is survived by a sister, Shirley Petty Roberson of Gaffney; 3 brothers, Larry Littlejohn (Chloette), Roy Petty (Patricia), and Elliott Petty (Deon), other relatives and friends.

Services will be Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 12 noon, in Philadelphia Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Burnside officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. He will be in state in the church Saturday at 11 a.m.

The Gilmore Mortuary