Wise County, Virginia, Obituaries:  Thelma H. Purcell 

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, January 10, 2003

Thelma H. Purcell 
    NORTON -- Thelma Holcomb Purcell, 99, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003, at the
Mecklenburg Healthcare Facility in Charlotte, N.C. Born to the late Elisha
King and Flora Adams Holcomb, she was a long time resident of Norton and St.
Paul, Va. She was the widow of Charles Ervin Purcell. She was a member of the
First Baptist Church of Norton and attended St. John's Baptist Church after
moving to the Charlotte area in 1989.
    She is survived by a daughter, Betty Mullins and her husband Cecil Ray
Mullins of Charlotte; two grandchildren, Patricia M. Acuff and her husband
James of Knoxville and Cameron Ray Mullins and his wife Sheilah of Charlotte,
N.C.; two great-grandchildren, Christopher and Johnathan Mullins; three
nieces; and a nephew.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Hagy &
Fawbush Funeral Home Chapel in Norton with Morgan Bolling officiating. Burial
will be in the Highland Cemetery in Norton. The family will receive friends
from 10:30 a.m. Saturday until time of the service. Memorial contributions may
be made to the First Baptist Church of Norton, Ninth Street, North, VA 24273
or to St. John's Baptist Church, 300 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, NC 28204. Hagy
& Fawbush Funeral Home of Norton is serving the Purcell family.