BRITTAIN, Melvin Orlando
1889 - 1951 (62 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. 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. Notes:
Buried:
Half Rock CemeteryFamily/Spouse: 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]
Children:
- 2. 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. - 3. BRITTAIN, Don M was born in 1920 in Missouri, USA.
- 4. BRITTAIN, Georgia was born in 1921 in Missouri, USA.
- 2. BRITTAIN, Mildred Garnett
Generation: 2
2. 
BRITTAIN, Mildred Garnett (1.Melvin1) 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. 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
Buried:
Half Rock CemeteryMildred married PURDY, Darrel William in 1935. Darrel (son of PURDY, Edward W and UNKNOWN, Mayme E) was born on 21 Jul 1914; died on 29 Nov 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
3. BRITTAIN, Don M (1.Melvin1) was born in 1920 in Missouri, USA. 4. BRITTAIN, Georgia (1.Melvin1) was born in 1921 in Missouri, USA. Family/Spouse: BAIER, Harrison William. Harrison (son of BAIER, George W and UNKNOWN, Bertha E) was born on 15 Mar 1918 in Missouri, USA; died on 18 Aug 2010 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Generation: 3
5. Living (2.Mildred2, 1.Melvin1)Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
6. Living (2.Mildred2, 1.Melvin1)Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]