Blanche Harville Purkey

BLANCHE PURKEY, AGE 76, OF BEAN STATION, TN., WAS BORN FEB. 13, 1935, PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 8, 2011 AT HER HOME. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1ST INDEPENDENT FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN BEAN STATION AND WAS A WONDERFUL WIFE AND MOTHER. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, JAMES AND NANCY HARVILLE; HUSBAND, ELBERT PURKEY; SONS, MIKE AND DWAYNE PURKEY AND GRANDSON, MICHAEL CARPENTER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER, JOAN (STEVE) CARPENTER; SON, MARTY PURKEY, DAUGHTERS, TAMMY PURKEY AND SHANNON (TIM) BAXLEY ALL OF BEAN STATION, TN.; 14 GRANDCHLDREN; 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; SISTER, DELPHIA WOLFENBARGER OF THORN HILL, TN; SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 6-8 PM SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011, AT THE 1ST INDEPENDENT FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH WITH FUNERAL SERVICE TO FOLLOW AT 8:00PM WITH REV. CLIFFORD DALTON, REV. DONNIE MYERS AND REV. JIM HUBBARD OFFICIATING. SINGERS WILL BE THE MYERS FAMILY. GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE AT 2:00PM MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011, AT THE CHURCH CEMETERY WITH TIMOTHY BAXLEY, STEVE CARPENTER, DAYTON PURKEY, STEVEN PURKEY, SHANE CARPENTER, SCOTTY PURKEY, COTY PURKEY, CHANCE PURKEY AND T.J. BAXLEY SERVING AS PALLBEARERS. COFFEY FUNERAL HOME IN CHARGE. CONDOLENCES MAY BE GIVEN AT WWW.COFFEYFH.COM.