Mary Pettiway Giles

Published 11:00 am Thursday, April 24, 2014

Mary Pettiway Giles died Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at Vicksburg Convalescent Home. She was 67.

Mrs. Giles was born in Warren County on Sept. 6, 1946, to the late George Lewis Pettiway and the late Elease Harper.

While living in New York, she was a bookkeeper at the W. 80th St. Day Care Center.  She was a graduate of Rosa A. Temple High School in 1964.

Besides her parents, Mrs. Giles was preceded in death by her sister, Mary Louise Smith Lee.

Survivors include one sister, Shirley King Wallace of Vicksburg; son, Asinia Zahir Stanback of Vicksburg; daughter, Ayesha Davis of Vicksburg; seven grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.

Graveside services will be 1 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.