Living
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Living Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. PURDY, Darrel William was born on 21 Jul 1914 (son of PURDY, Edward W and UNKNOWN, Mayme E); died on 29 Nov 2005. Darrel married BRITTAIN, Mildred Garnett in 1935. Mildred (daughter of BRITTAIN, Melvin Orlando and MILLER, Nellie) was born on 22 Aug 1914 in Grundy, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Nov 2010; was buried on 22 Nov 2010 in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. BRITTAIN, Mildred Garnett was born on 22 Aug 1914 in Grundy, Missouri, USA (daughter of BRITTAIN, Melvin Orlando and MILLER, Nellie); died on 18 Nov 2010; was buried on 22 Nov 2010 in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA. Notes:
Mildred G. Purdy
1914-2010
RICHMOND, Va. - Mildred Garnett Brittain Purdy, 96, Richmond, died Thursday, November 18, 2010, at Westminster Canterbury retirement center in Richmond.
The daughter of Melvin O. Brittain and Nellie A. Miller Brittain, she was born on August 22, 1914, in Grundy County, Mo., near Half Rock, Mo., and attended high school in Spickard, Mo.
After marrying Darrel William Purdy in 1935, they lived in northwest Missouri and moved to Kansas City in 1948. They were members of Fairview Christian Church in Gladstone, Mo., where she was a Sunday school teacher.
Mildred was a breast cancer survivor and was a volunteer worker for the American Red Cross and Reach for Recovery of the American Cancer Society. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and an employee of J.C. Penney and of First National Bank of North Kansas City.
After their retirement, they moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 2000. After Darrel Purdy passed away in 2005, Mildred moved to Richmond, where her daughter, Suzanne Kay Matthews and her husband, Larry F. Matthews, live.
She is also survived by her son, Jack Wayne Purdy and his wife, Eleanor O'Neal Purdy, of Germantown, Tenn.; a sister, Georgia Brittain Baier of Dallas, Texas; and grandchildren, Dan Matthews and Mike Matthews of Washington, D.C., Anne Matthews Fletcher of Raleigh, N.C., Cindy Purdy Lawrence of Germantown, Julie Purdy Fiorelli of Columbia, Ill.; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Monday, November 22, at Poland-Thompson Funeral Home, Cameron, Mo., (816)632-2158. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Monday at Half Rock Cemetery, Half Rock.
The family requests that any memorials be to the American Cancer Society or the American Red Cross. Online condolences may be left at www.polandthompson.com.
St Joseph News Press 11-20-2010
Birth:
Near Half Rock, Missouri
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Half Rock CemeteryChildren:
Generation: 3
4. PURDY, Edward W was born in 1890 in Iowa, USA. Edward married UNKNOWN, Mayme E. Mayme was born in 1894 in Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. UNKNOWN, Mayme E was born in 1894 in Indiana, USA. Children:
- 2. PURDY, Darrel William was born on 21 Jul 1914; died on 29 Nov 2005.
6. BRITTAIN, Melvin Orlando was born on 1 Jun 1889 in Missouri, USA (son of BRITTAIN, George Washington and STANTEURF, Mariah M); died on 24 Jun 1951 in Spickard, Grundy, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA. Notes:
Buried:
Half Rock CemeteryMelvin married MILLER, Nellie. Nellie (daughter of MILLER, Robert and UNKNOWN, Wife) was born in 1891 in Missouri, USA; died about 1955; was buried in Mercer County, Missouri (Half Rock Cemetery). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. MILLER, Nellie was born in 1891 in Missouri, USA (daughter of MILLER, Robert and UNKNOWN, Wife); died about 1955; was buried in Mercer County, Missouri (Half Rock Cemetery). Children:
- 3. BRITTAIN, Mildred Garnett was born on 22 Aug 1914 in Grundy, Missouri, USA; died on 18 Nov 2010; was buried on 22 Nov 2010 in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA.
- BRITTAIN, Don M was born in 1920 in Missouri, USA.
- BRITTAIN, Georgia was born in 1921 in Missouri, USA.
Generation: 4
12. BRITTAIN, George Washington was born in 1840 in Illinois, USA (son of BRITTAIN, Frances M. and LICKEY, Elizabeth); was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA. Notes:
Buried:
Half Rock CemeteryGeorge married STANTEURF, Mariah M on 28 Sep 1873. Mariah was born in 1858 in Missouri, USA; died on 25 Jan 1890 in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. STANTEURF, Mariah M was born in 1858 in Missouri, USA; died on 25 Jan 1890 in Half Rock, Mercer, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA. Notes:
Buried:
Half Rock CemeteryChildren:
- BRITTAIN, Sidney Arthur was born on 28 Apr 1882; died on 6 Nov 1964; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA.
- BRITTAIN, Babe was born in 1879 in Missouri, USA.
- BRITTAIN, Etta Lilly was born in 1876 in Missouri, USA; died about 1899.
- BRITTAIN, Henry W was born in 1874; died in 1875.
- BRITTAIN, Sarah Ellen was born in 1880; died in 1920.
- 6. BRITTAIN, Melvin Orlando was born on 1 Jun 1889 in Missouri, USA; died on 24 Jun 1951 in Spickard, Grundy, Missouri, USA; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA.
- BRITTAIN, Lucy Vernice was born about 1887; died about 1895; was buried in Mercer, Missouri, USA.
- BRITTAIN, Mayme was born in 1879 in Missouri, USA; died in 1955.
- BRITTAIN, William Marion was born in 1884; died in 1935.
14. MILLER, Robert was born about 1870. Robert married UNKNOWN, Wife. Wife was born about 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. UNKNOWN, Wife was born about 1870. Children:
- 7. MILLER, Nellie was born in 1891 in Missouri, USA; died about 1955; was buried in Mercer County, Missouri (Half Rock Cemetery).