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A. J. Purnell

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A. J. Purnell

Birth
Death
20 Apr 1977 (aged 83)
Cleveland, Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Doddsville, Sunflower County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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A. J Purcell, 83, of Blaine, died 20 April 1977 at Bolivar County Hospital in Cleveland after an illness.

Funeral services will be at I John Baptist Church in Doddsville. Rev. C. W. Watson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Bea’s Century Funeral Home of Greenville has charge of arrangements.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara Purcell of Blaine; and six daughters, Mrs. Clara Loving, Delois Purnell, Mrs. Ida Whitlock and Mrs. Ida B. Little, all of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Ada Mae Caples for Doddsville, and Mrs. Bessie L. Bikes of Detroit, Mich.

Also, four sons, Henry L. Purcell, Sammie Purcell and Walter Purcell, all of Chicago, and L. C. Purcell of Detroit, Mich..; a sister, Mrs. Lillie Garland of Calif.; a brother, J. C. Purcell of Calif; 27 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.

Excerpted from The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 22 April 1i977, page 2.
A. J Purcell, 83, of Blaine, died 20 April 1977 at Bolivar County Hospital in Cleveland after an illness.

Funeral services will be at I John Baptist Church in Doddsville. Rev. C. W. Watson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Bea’s Century Funeral Home of Greenville has charge of arrangements.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara Purcell of Blaine; and six daughters, Mrs. Clara Loving, Delois Purnell, Mrs. Ida Whitlock and Mrs. Ida B. Little, all of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Ada Mae Caples for Doddsville, and Mrs. Bessie L. Bikes of Detroit, Mich.

Also, four sons, Henry L. Purcell, Sammie Purcell and Walter Purcell, all of Chicago, and L. C. Purcell of Detroit, Mich..; a sister, Mrs. Lillie Garland of Calif.; a brother, J. C. Purcell of Calif; 27 grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.

Excerpted from The Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 22 April 1i977, page 2.

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