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David A. Purvis - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Tallulah Madison Journal May 24, 1995

Funeral services for David A. Purvis were held at 4 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Tallulah 
with the Rev. Charles Gaston and the Rev. John Rushing officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park 
Cemetery in Tallulah under the direction of Crothers-Glenwood Funeral Home.

Mr. Purvis died Saturday, May 20, 1995, at L.S.U. Medical Center in Shreveport of injuries received in 
an auto accident Friday in Tallulah. He was 35.

He was born in Alexandria, La., and was a lifelong resident of Madison Parish. He was a farmer and a 
member of Willow Bayou Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Merri W. Purvis of Tallulah; one son, Jeremy Paul Purvis of Tallulah; one 
daughter, Jessica Dianne Purvis of Tallulah; his parents, Mary and Gene Brown of Tallulah and Barbara 
and Dan Purvis of Bastrop; three brothers, Edgar B. Purvis and Kevin M. Purvis of Tallulah, and 
Don Evans of Blytheville, Ark.; four sisters, Kaaren Lynch of Duncanville, Texas, Penny R. Razor of 
Blytheville, Ark., Kathy Hankins of Bastrop, Angela R. Hogard of Monroe; and numerous nieces, nephews, 
aunts and uncles.