Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Purviance, Mary H. Wills, 2018 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY HILDA WILLS PURVIANCE WAKEFIELD - Mary Hilda Wills Purviance, age 96, a long-time resident of Wakefield, VA died peacefully April 22, 2018. She was the widow of Samuel Whitelock Purviance, her beloved husband of 73 years. Friends and family are invited to pay their respects at R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home and Crematory, Wakefield Chapel on Wednesday, April 25, 2018, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. There will be a private burial in Wakefield Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Wakefield United Methodist Church on Thursday, April 26, 2018, at 1:00 p.m., with the Reverend Glenn Riggs officiating. Following the memorial service a reception will be held in the fellowship hall of the church. The family suggest memorial donations be made to the Wakefield United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 87, Wakefield, VA 23888-0087. Mary Hilda (WILLS; Mrs. Samuel W.) PURVIANCE, of Wakefield, b. 28 Apr 1921, Isle of Wight Co., d. 22 Apr 2018, interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 25 Apr 2018, "The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Apr. 24, 2018, A-5; posted with Find a Grave Mem. #158457938 *Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt Her parents, Amos Floyd Sr. & Mary Elizabeth (HERRIN) WILLS, are buried in Tucker Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Tucker Swamp list (TS-35): http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/tckrswp.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p615m1ob.txt