Fleta Price Purvis, 89, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday, April 26, 2018. A celebration of her life will be held Monday, April 30, 2018 at 11:00am at Riverside United Methodist Church with Rev. Chip Strickland and Rev. Steve Waldorf officiating. Burial will follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 10:00am until 10:45am in the Gathering Area at the church. The family requests no flowers, but that donations be made to Riverside United Methodist Church, 735 Pierce Avenue, Macon, 31204.
Fleta was born in Moultrie, Georgia to the late Homer and Pearlie Ashmore Price and was preceded in death by her son, Jim Purvis, III in 1971 and a sister. She attended Miller High School and was a graduate of Moultrie High School. Fleta was also a graduate of the Macon Hospital School of Nursing. She was an Operating Room Supervisor, having retired from the Monroe County Hospital. Fleta was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church and the Beaty-Gray Sunday School Class. She was also a former member and Past President of Macon Jr. Women’s Club and a member of the Macon Service League.
Survivors include her husband, James A. Purvis, Jr. of Juliette; son, Michael W. Purvis of Juliette; granddaughter, Michelle Nicole O’Dillon of Macon; a great granddaughter; and brother, Billy Ray Price of Tullahoma, Tennessee.
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Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery have charge of arrangements.
