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Valda <I>Griner</I> Purvis

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Valda Griner Purvis

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
15 Apr 1991 (aged 77)
Norfolk City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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NORTHEAST CENTER II-H Grave 111
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Valda Griner Carmichael Purvis, 77, of the 1300 block of Tallwood St., a retired special education teacher, died April 15, 1991.

Mrs. Purvis, a native of Lenox, Ga., had retired from the Norfolk public schools. She was a member of Hyde Park Free Will Baptist Church and was a graduate of Valdosta State University.

Survivors include her husband, James H. Purvis; two daughters, Gayle C. Daniel of Greenville, N.C., and Frances C. Wiedeman of Virginia Beach; a stepdaughter, Dawn P. Fogarty of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three sons, J. George Carmichael of Houston, M. Albert Carmichael of Virginia Beach and Claude R. Carmichael of New York City; two sisters, Doris G. Goggans and Corrie G. Harpe, both of Lenox; and seven grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hyde Park Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Terry Beck. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Cox Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association or to the church.

The Virginian-Pilot, page D2, April 16, 1991
Valda Griner Carmichael Purvis, 77, of the 1300 block of Tallwood St., a retired special education teacher, died April 15, 1991.

Mrs. Purvis, a native of Lenox, Ga., had retired from the Norfolk public schools. She was a member of Hyde Park Free Will Baptist Church and was a graduate of Valdosta State University.

Survivors include her husband, James H. Purvis; two daughters, Gayle C. Daniel of Greenville, N.C., and Frances C. Wiedeman of Virginia Beach; a stepdaughter, Dawn P. Fogarty of St. Petersburg, Fla.; three sons, J. George Carmichael of Houston, M. Albert Carmichael of Virginia Beach and Claude R. Carmichael of New York City; two sisters, Doris G. Goggans and Corrie G. Harpe, both of Lenox; and seven grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Hyde Park Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. Terry Beck. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Friends may join the family from 7 to 8 p.m. today in Cox Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association or to the church.

The Virginian-Pilot, page D2, April 16, 1991


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58121675/valda-purvis: accessed ), memorial page for Valda Griner Purvis (31 Jan 1914–15 Apr 1991), Find a Grave Memorial ID 58121675, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by SWF (contributor 47026053).