Dora Rebecca Irwin Pettway died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, at her residence. She was 71.

Born in Bentonia, Miss., she was the daughter of the late Wylie Lloyd Irwin and Mable Lillian Cochran Irwin. She was a homemaker and a member of the Nazarene faith.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Cinda Pettway; and a son, John Pettway Jr.

She is survived by a daughter, Christine Rebecca Pettway of Vicksburg; a son, Jason Howard Pettway of Vicksburg; five grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Kuhrman Cox officiating. Visitation will be at Riles Funeral Home from 1 p.m. Monday until the hour of the service.

Pallbearers will be Jason Pettway, Lester Pettway, Darrell Landrum, Carl Mitchell Storey, R.D. Forbes, Jack Pace, James Storey, James Landrum and Marvin “Kenny” Steadman.

Memorials may be made to the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Mississippi, 2001 Airport Road, Suite 205, Flowood, MS 39232 and to the Central MS Steel Magnolias Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure, P.O. Box 16451, Jackson, MS 39236.