Obituaries: Odella Purvis, 1957, Winn Parish, LA Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** From: August 22, 1957 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American Colored Deaths Odella Purvis Funeral services for Odella Purvis, 87, who had been a resident of Ward 8 most of her life, were held August 8 at St. Maurice. Death occurred August 4. Burial was in the New Morning Star Cemetery at St. Maurice. Survivors include two sons, James Allen Purvis of Chicago and Governor McClanahan Purvis of Alexandria; six daughters, Terylane Branden of Shreveport, Winnie P. Blackwood of Winnfield, Mary Jane Cunningham, Ola Ribbs of San Jose, Calif., and Ester P. Goodar and Essie Lene Pitts of Chicago.