hmtl5 Eldiva Joyce Purvis b. 6 Apr 1937 Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky d. 14 Aug 2011 Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky: Hedges Genealogy

Eldiva Joyce Purvis

Female 1937 - 2011  (74 years)


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  • Name Eldiva Joyce Purvis 
    Born 6 Apr 1937  Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Aug 2011  Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried burial details unknown Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I3988  Hedges
    Last Modified 16 Feb 2024 

    Father Hobart E. Purvis,   b. 13 Oct 1895, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1945, Farmers, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Minnie Gertrude Ward,   b. 10 Dec 1899, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1953, Rowan County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Family ID F957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Unknown Kerns 
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F1768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 6 Apr 1937 - Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Aug 2011 - Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Eldiva J. Kerns
      Eldiva Joyce "Granny" Kerns, 74, of Bowling Green, died Aug. 14, 2011, at The Medical Center.
      The Morehead native was born April 6, 1937. She was a retired seamstress for Hawkins Upholstery. She was a member of Slaty Point Missionary Baptist Church. She loved to garden and was known as "Granny" to everyone who knew here. She was a daughter of the late Hobart Purvis and Minnie Moody Purvis. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Raymond, Willard, Marvin and Milburn Purvis; and three sisters, Mary Olive Perry, Lovell Swim and Frances Stevenson.
      Funeral is at 2 p.m. Wednesday at J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel. Visitation is from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
      Survivors include a son, Gary Lynn Hunt of Bowling Green; three daughters, Katie Tucker, Debra Sue Hunt and Diana Kay Lamastus, all of Bowling Green; a brother Clifford Ray Purvis of Las Vegas; five grandchildren, Stephanie Carroll and her husband Lee, Justin Towe and his wife, Valeris, Gary "Lee" Hunt, Kendra Lamastus and Madison Hunt; and two great-grandsons, Grayson Lee Carroll and Wyatt Daniel Towe.
      The Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Tuesday, 16 August 2011.
      [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Find a Grave.

    2. [S9] Obituary.

    3. [S87] Newspaper article.