Obit of Aaron Austin Purcell (p624) - Grady County, Oklahoma

Chickasha Express Star  -  Chickasha Oklahoma  19 Nov 2002
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Chickasha Express Star  -   19 Nov 2002

Aaron Austin Purcell 

Funeral services for Aaron Austin Purcell, 84, of Kingston, Oklahoma, 
will be held Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. in the 
Ferguson Funeral Home Chapel, with Walt Rogers officiating. 

Aaron Austin Purcell was born December 3, 1917, in Gertie, Oklahoma, 
the son of James and Sarah Pound Purcell. He died Sunday, November 
17, 2002, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. 

Austin Purcell was a loving and devoted husband to Naoma Purcell for 
33 years. He was a sergeant in the United States Army where he served 
in WWII. He lived with his wife Naoma and daughter Debbie in 
California and Arizona where he was a farmer and a barber. He and his 
wife moved to Oklahoma after he retired in 1977. While in Oklahoma he 
trained and showed horses. Austin Purcell’s passions in life were 
God, his family, his country and his horses. We will miss him. 

Austin married June Purcell in Kingston, Oklahoma, where they made 
their home. 

Austin was a member of the Church of Christ in Kingston, Oklahoma, 
and a member of the Yuma Sheriff’s Posse. 

He was preceded in death by both parents, one brother, Bishop 
Purcell, one sister, Louis Purcell, his wife, Naoma Purcell, and one 
stepson, Earl Dixon. 

Survivors include his wife: June Purcell, of the home; one daughter 
and son-in-law, Debbie and Larry Fuller, of Overbrook, Oklahoma; 
stepson and stepdaughter-in-law, Dean and Sue Dixon of Yuma, Arizona; 
and one sister, Nancy Wilson, of California City, California. 

Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of 
Ferguson Funeral Home. 

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Chickasha Express Star  -   21 Nov 2002

Aaron Austin Purcell 

Funeral services for Aaron Austin Purcell, 84, of Kingston, Oklahoma, 
was held Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 2:00 p.m. in the Ferguson 
Funeral Home Chapel, with Walt Rogers officiating. 

Aaron Austin Purcell was born December 3, 1917, in Gertie, Oklahoma, 
the son of James and Sarah Pound Purcell. He died Sunday, November 
17, 2002, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. 

Austin Purcell was a loving and devoted husband to Naoma Purcell for 
33 years. He was a sergeant in the United States Army where he served 
in WWII. He lived with his wife Naoma and daughter Debbie in 
California and Arizona where he was a farmer and a barber. He and his 
wife moved to Oklahoma after he retired in 1977. While in Oklahoma he 
trained and showed horses. 

Austin Purcell’s passions in life were God, his family, his country 
and his horses. We will miss him. 

Austin married June Purcell in Kingston, Oklahoma, where they made 
their home. 

Austin was a member of the Church of Christ in Kingston, Oklahoma, 
and a member of the Yuma Sheriff’s Posse. 

He was preceded in death by both parents, one brother, Bishop 
Purcell, one sister, Louis Purcell, his wife, Naoma Purcell, and one 
stepson, Earl Dixon. 

Survivors include his wife: June Purcell, of the home; one daughter 
and son-in-law, Debbie and Larry Fuller, of Overbrook, Oklahoma; 
stepson and stepdaughter-in-law, Dean and Sue Dixon of Yuma, Arizona; 
one sister, Nancy Wilson, of California City, California; 11 
grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren and many great, great 
grandchildren. 

Interment was in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of 
Ferguson Funeral Home. 
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