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Mary McKain Purnell - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post October 15, 1946

Mrs. E. T. Purnell of Tallulah To Be Buried Tomorrow

Graveside rites for Mrs. Edgar T. Purnell of Tallulah, La, who died yesterday, will be in Tallulah 
tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. Deane Maurer will officiate with interment in the Silver Cross 
Cemetery.

Crothers' funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Purnell, who was 71 years old, was vice-president of the Madison Parish Garden Club and 
Secretary-treasurer of the Silver Cross Cemetery Association. She had resided in Tallulah for over 
sixty years.

The deceased is survived by two sons, one daughter, three sisters and three grandchildren.