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Joseph Daniel Purvis - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Post, October 12, 2005

CAVE CITY, Ark. - Joseph Daniel Purvis died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2005, at his home in Cave 
City, Ark. He was 68.

Mr. Purvis was a retired city engineer for the Louisiana Highway Department, where he 
worked for 37 years. He served in Korea and Germany during the 1950s in the Air Force.

He was preceded in death by one son, David Purvis.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Moore Purvis of Cave City; three sons, Kevin Purvis of 
Tallulah, Edgar Purvis of Delhi and Don Evans of Cave City; four daughters, Penny Razer of 
Blytheville, Ark., Kathy Hankins of Strawberry, Ark., Karen Lanch of Pearl, Texas, and 
Angel Hogard of Cave City; one brother, Charlie Purvis of Tallulah; two sisters, Lois 
Machen of Tallulah and Romer Martin of Mendenhall; 16 grandchildren; and 12 
great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church of Tallulah with the Rev. 
Robert Randolph officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery under the 
direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home in Tallulah. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 
tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be grandsons.

Honorary pallbearers will be Crystal Fontenot, Danielle Purvis and Jessica Purvis.