Subject: Purdy.Bert.1964.Marion-Casey.OBIT


Bert Purdy March 31 1964 
Marion-Casey County KyArchives Obituaries

Lebanon Enterprise, Thursday, April 2, 1964
Bert Purdy 85, Dies While Working Garden

Bert Purdy, 85 year-old Bradfordsville carpenter and farmer, died suddenly of 
a heart attack Tuesday, just after going out in his own back-yard to plant his 
garden. A son of Len and Emma Drye Purdy, he was a native of Casey County, but 
had lived at Bradfordsville for many years. He was a deacon in Bradfordsville 
Christian Church, and for many years served as superintendent of Old Liberty 
Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nettie Mullins Phillips Purdy, to whom he was wed 
in 1921; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Walter Hogan, and stepgranddaughter, Miss Becky 
Hogan, both of Bradfordsville.

The body was brought to Drye Funeral Home. Funeral services were conducted at 
2:30 p.m. yesterday at Bradfordsville Christian Church by Rev. Everett 
Reynolds. Burial was in Old Liberty Cemetery. Pallbearers were Carl and Leo 
Adkins, Eugene and Lucien Raikes, Hillary Coffman and Everett Tucker.

Submitted by: Roger Mattingly
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