Sarah Nell Purvis, 80, of Ocilla, Georgia, died Friday, December 16, 2011, at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia
Graveside services will be held Monday, December 19, 2011, at 3 PM Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Rob Dowdle officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 Sunday evening, December 18, at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Miss Purvis was born August 30, 1931 in Irwin County to the late James “Jim” and Mary Elizabeth Brantley Purvis. She was a graduate of Irwin County High School and South Georgia College. She was a classroom and media paraprofessional for 30 years at Irwin County Elementary School. A member of Ocilla Baptist Church, she enjoyed reading, cooking, and time with her friends and family.
She is survived by sisters and brother-in-law Mary Jim and W.B. Roberts of Ocilla and Myrtle Purvis of Alapaha, GA and, as well as, several nieces and nephews.