Obit of Purdy Jr., John L. - Bryan County, Oklahoma Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ 17 Jul 2005 Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== John L. Purdy Jr MULESHOE - John L. Purdy Jr., 73, died Wednesday, Sept. 22, 1999. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Ellis Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Stacy Conner, pastor of First Baptist Church of Muleshoe, officiating. Burial will be in Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Purdy was born in Mead, Okla., and moved to Muleshoe from Littlefield in 1956. During World War II, he served in the Army. He was a cotton ginner and member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign wars. He married Frances Waxler in 1947 at Littlefield. He was preceded in death by a son, Cary Purdy, in 1997. Survivors include his wife; a son, Bruce Purdy of Muleshoe; and three grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society. Amarillo Daily News Sept. 23, 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan