OBITUARIES
Church, and had served as the pianist and organist at both churches as well as several other churches through the years.
Mrs. McEver was a long time Bookmobile Lady with Sara Hightower Regional Library, and retired from the Floyd County Department of Family and Children’s Services.
Mrs. McEver was also a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Besides her parents and her husband, Mrs. McEver was also preceded in death by one brother, James Irvin (Junior) Wallace, Jr., and one sister, Mrs. Dorothy Pollard.
Mrs. McEver is survived by her son, James Howard McEver, Jr., and his wife Debbie, of Cave Spring; by her daughters, Ms. Ginny McEver of Dahlonega, and Mrs. Mary Alice Hamilton and her husband Bill of Cave Spring; by five grandchildren, Keidrah Wilson, Miles McEver, Cody McEver, Angela Hamilton Arcara, and Robert Hamilton; and by 12 great-grandchildren. One brother, Edward Wallace and his wife Ellen of Cave Spring, two sisters, Mrs. Jeanette Acker of Cave Spring, and Mrs. Joan Stedman of Hiram, and a number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. McEver will be held Monday afternoon, May 8, 2017, at 3 p.m. at John House’s Cave Spring Chapel. Interment will follow in the family lot of the Cave Spring Cemetery. Pallbearers will include Loren Stedman, Brian Wilson, Robert Hamilton, Cody McEver, Miles McEver and Greg Wallace.
The family will receive friends Monday afternoon from 1 p.m. until the service hour.
John House’s Cave Spring Chapel has charge of the arrangements. Leonard Marshall Purdy
Mr. Leonard Marshall Purdy, age 84, of Silver Creek, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017, at his residence, with his family by his side.
Mr. Purdy was born in Floyd County on April 19, 1933, son of the late Charles Purdy, Sr. and the late Mary Hancock McCullough. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Durand Phalen Riggins and Keelean Marshall Purdy, by two sisters, Lucille Pilgrim and Grace Norton, and by a brother, Charles Purdy, Jr. Mr. Purdy was a veteran of the United States Army and served during the Korean War. Prior to his retirement, he was employed with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local #926 in Atlanta. He was known as the best crane operator in the State of Georgia. Mr. Purdy was a member of the Oostanaula Lodge #113 F. & A. M. and was of the Christian faith.
Survivors include his wife, the former Bea Reeves, to whom he was married for 63 years; two daughters, Monesia Burkhalter, and her husband, Steve, Silver Creek, and Marquita Purdy, and her husband, Dale Herndon, Rome; a son, Labraun Purdy, Silver Creek; three grandchildren, Keelean Burkhalter, and his wife, Brooke, and their daughter, Kacie, St. Augustine, Fla., Mandy-Shea Riggins, Alabama, and Phalen Riggins, Rome; three great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 8, 2017, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, with the Rev. Ricky Studdard officiating. Interment will follow in Floyd Memory Gardens with the American Legion Post #5 Honor Guard and the Oostanaula Lodge #113 F. & A. M. having charge of graveside rites.
The family will receive friends at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Monday from noon until the service hour. At other times, they may be contacted at the residence.
Pallbearers are requested to assemble at Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, on Monday at 1:30 p.m. and include: Kenny Bonner, Donald Evans, Robbie Broadaway, Phil McEntire, Larry Land, and Jerry Martin.
Henderson & Sons Funeral Home, South Chapel, has charge of the funeral arrangements. Leonard Marshall Purdy Photo courtesy of the CDC
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