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Edgar T. Purnell - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post April 9, 1945

EDGAR PURNELL OF TALLULAH DEAD

TALLULAH. La. April 9 - Edgar T. Purnell, 79. well-known resident of Tallulah, died at a Shreveport 
hospital Sunday morning.

He had been in poor health for several years, and recently sufferrd a broken hip which was believed 
to have hastened his death.

Though born in Mississippi he had resided in Tallulah for many years.

Deceased is survived by his wife Mrs. Mary Purnell, two sons, Edgar T. Purnell, Camden Ark., and 
William Purnell, Shreveport, and a daughter, Mrs. Tom Hendrick Grayson. La., and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at the residence this afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev. J. D. Maurer 
of Trinity Episcopal Church, officiating.