Nancy Isabelle Purdy Buford was the youngest daughter of William Miller and Mary Jane McClintock Purdy. She had two sisters: Ida Alice Purdy Ford and Minnie Clyde Purdy Golden. She also had one brother, William Arthur Purdy.
Her middle name, Isabelle, was likely in honor of her maternal grandmother, Isabella Russell McClintock who was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1807.
At the age of 16, she moved with her family from Etna, to the Colony community. It was here that she spent the greater part of her life.
On December 31, 1902 she married Robert W. Buford. They had seven children: Mary Thelma, Eleanor Clyde, James Miller, Mildred Lucille, William Woodrow, Robert Wellington, and Roberta Nell Buford.
She was a member of the Colony United Methodist Church. The following poem was written at the end of her obituary:
Although she has departed,
Take heart, do not despair.
Your loved one has but started
Toward a land more fair,
Where cares can never burden,
Where skies are always blue,
And there in God's own garden
You will find she waits for you.
Her middle name, Isabelle, was likely in honor of her maternal grandmother, Isabella Russell McClintock who was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1807.
At the age of 16, she moved with her family from Etna, to the Colony community. It was here that she spent the greater part of her life.
On December 31, 1902 she married Robert W. Buford. They had seven children: Mary Thelma, Eleanor Clyde, James Miller, Mildred Lucille, William Woodrow, Robert Wellington, and Roberta Nell Buford.
She was a member of the Colony United Methodist Church. The following poem was written at the end of her obituary:
Although she has departed,
Take heart, do not despair.
Your loved one has but started
Toward a land more fair,
Where cares can never burden,
Where skies are always blue,
And there in God's own garden
You will find she waits for you.
Nancy Isabelle Purdy Buford was the youngest daughter of William Miller and Mary Jane McClintock Purdy. She had two sisters: Ida Alice Purdy Ford and Minnie Clyde Purdy Golden. She also had one brother, William Arthur Purdy.
Her middle name, Isabelle, was likely in honor of her maternal grandmother, Isabella Russell McClintock who was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1807.
At the age of 16, she moved with her family from Etna, to the Colony community. It was here that she spent the greater part of her life.
On December 31, 1902 she married Robert W. Buford. They had seven children: Mary Thelma, Eleanor Clyde, James Miller, Mildred Lucille, William Woodrow, Robert Wellington, and Roberta Nell Buford.
She was a member of the Colony United Methodist Church. The following poem was written at the end of her obituary:
Although she has departed,
Take heart, do not despair.
Your loved one has but started
Toward a land more fair,
Where cares can never burden,
Where skies are always blue,
And there in God's own garden
You will find she waits for you.
Her middle name, Isabelle, was likely in honor of her maternal grandmother, Isabella Russell McClintock who was born in Donegal, Ireland in 1807.
At the age of 16, she moved with her family from Etna, to the Colony community. It was here that she spent the greater part of her life.
On December 31, 1902 she married Robert W. Buford. They had seven children: Mary Thelma, Eleanor Clyde, James Miller, Mildred Lucille, William Woodrow, Robert Wellington, and Roberta Nell Buford.
She was a member of the Colony United Methodist Church. The following poem was written at the end of her obituary:
Although she has departed,
Take heart, do not despair.
Your loved one has but started
Toward a land more fair,
Where cares can never burden,
Where skies are always blue,
And there in God's own garden
You will find she waits for you.
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