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Rev James Slicer Purcell Sr
6 Jan 1877 – 9 Dec 1955
| Birth | 6 Jan 1877 |
| Death | 9 Dec 1955 |
| Cemetery | Oak Hill Burial Park Lakeland , Polk County , Florida , USA |
| Added by | Donna McPherson on 30 Jan 2012 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84078247 |
Bio
Obituary: Former State Pastor Dies In Florida The Rev. James Slicer Purcell, methodist minister who formerly held pastorates in several Mississippi towns, died Friday in a hospital in Arcadia, Florida, following a long illness. His home was in Lakeland, Florida, where he had lived for the last 18 years. He was a native of Black Hawk, Miss., and a graduate of Millsaps college. For several years he was pastor of the Methodist Church in Star, and it was there that he met and married his wife, the former Miss Leslie Harper, of Star. He later held pastorates in Wesson, Crystal Springs, Montrose, Philadelphia, and Rolling Fork. His survivors include his widow, Mrs. Leslie Harper Purcell, of Lakeland, Fla.; three sons, James Purcell of Davidson, N. C, Wilbur Purcell, of Lakeland, .Fla., and professor Ralph Purcell, of Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Va.; three daughters, Mrs. Foster Health, of Lakeland, Fla., Mrs. Walter Bennett, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and Mrs. Lloyd Anderson, of Jacksonville, Fla.; six sisters, Mrs. Mary Burnham, of Mendenhall, Mrs. Omer Evans, of Butler, Ala., Miss Fannie M. Purcell, Mrs. Joe J. Flowers, Sr., both of Shreveport, La.. Mrs. Nettie M. Barr, of Plain Dealing, La., and Mrs. E. L. Ramsey, of San Bineto, Texas. His body is scheduled to arrive in Jackson at 5:20 a.m. Monday and will be at Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home until the funeral time. Funeral services will be held from the Star Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Tuesday conducted by the Rev. Andrew F. Gallman, pastor of the West Park Methodist Church, and assisted by the Rev. Eugie Price of Woodville, with interment in the Weslyanna cemetery at Star. Pallbearers will be Dan Loflin, Milton Loflin, Drewery Hilton, Will Dear, Tommy Ainsworth, and Tommy Price, all of Star. Clarion-Ledger Jackson, Mississippi 12 Dec 1955, Mon, Page 14 Contributor: J L Stevens (46922145) • [email protected]
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Siblings
- George Dowell Purcell 1870–1932
- Richard Cole Purcell 1871–1943
- Mary Purcell Burnham 1873–1957
- Alice Dowell Purcell Connor 1875–1949
- Myrtle Purcell 1880–1917
- Barton J. Purcell 1889–1949
Children
- Wilbur Hallum Purcell 1909–1990 FaG
- Dr James Slicer Purcell Jr 1912–1980 FaG
- Leslie Harper Purcell 1914–1920 FaG
- Miriam Purcell Anderson 1915–1992 FaG
- Frances Doris Purcell Heath 1917–2012 FaG
- Ralph Elliot Purcell 1919–1994 FaG
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