Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Purdie, Thomas K., 1934 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ THOMAS KING PURDIE THOMAS K. PURDIE, 85, DIES IN ISLE OF WIGHT Thomas K. Purdie, aged 85, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A.W. Horne, near Smithfield, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Mr. Purdie is survived by his widow, Mrs. M. J. Purdie and six children, Mrs. J.T. Mann of Petersburg; Mrs. A.W. Horne of Smithfield; the Rev. W.T. Purdie of Petersburg; and L. J. Purdie of Smithfield; also eleven grandchildren and a brother, George R. Purdie of Newport News. Funeral services for Mr. Purdie were held at Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church last Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The rites were conducted by the Rev. T.W. Page. Thomas King PURDIE, farmer, b. 8 Mar 1849, Isle of Wight Co., d. 13 Jun 1934, at daughter's home, near Smithfield, interred in Whitehead's Grove Baptist Church Cemetery*, 14 Jun 1934, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 14, No. 11, June 21, 1934 *Additional information: Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} #73: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Birthdate from D.Cert. #17422 (IoW.Co., but Chuckatuck Dist. #11), which gives sn/o George Purdie, b. Smithfield, & Mary Broadfield, b. IoW. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p630t1ob.txt