Columbus County, NC - Obituary of Sheppard L. Purvis, 1946 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S. L. Purvis Whiteville, Feb, 11, --- Sheppard L. Purvis, 68, of Whiteville, died Saturday in the Columbus County hospital. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Porter Swamp Baptist church with the Rev. Cadge Deever of Laurinburg officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Surviving are one brother, F. F. Purvis of Fairmont; one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Leggett of Tabor City; one son, H. H. Purvis of Cerro Gordo; six daughters, Mrs. Lora Stephens of Whiteville, Mrs Zera Johnson of Galivants Ferry, S. C. and Mrs. Nana Benton, Mrs. Aline Stephens, Mrs. Estelle Hammonds and Mrs. Esther Edwards, all of Cerro Gordo; 39 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. From the contributor: Shephard L. Purvis was born Apr 27, 1877 and died Feb 9, 1946. He married Mary Ella Hayes in 1898. She was born Dec 28, 1873 and died Sep 15, 1935. Shephard L. Purvis was the son of Henry Purvis and Harriett Newell Hedgpeth. Shephard L. Purvis and his wife Mary Ella Hays Purvis are buried at Porter Swamp Cemetery, in Cerro Gordo, Columbus County, NC. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael Walters ___________________________________________________________________