Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Obituaries Pu
Purdy, Ernest
Ernest Purdy, 66, of 1201 Independence Ave. died Thursday at Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital. He was born in South Carolina, was an electrician, a member of Local 1701 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the Moose Lodge.
Survivors include his wife, Doris Purdy; a stepson, Billy D. Jones of Owensboro; three stepgrandchildren; and a sister, Nellie Purdy Millard of Central City.
Services are 1 p.m. Sunday at James H. Davis Funeral Home. Burial is 3 p.m. in Rose Hill Cemetery, Central City. Visitation from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 1 p.m. Sunday. The family requests that expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to the American Cancer Society.
- Source: Messenger-Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 2 June 1978.
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- Puryear, F.M. Sr. Messenger Inquirer [Owensboro, KY], 22 Apr 1969, Obituary.
Updated June 3, 2025.