Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
4:45 pm Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Lacy Dorothy Purser

Lacy Dorothy Purser

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Lacy Dorothy Purser, 77, Phil Campbell, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2013, at her residence surrounded by her family and friends.

Funeral services were Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with Bro. John Humphres officiating. Interment was in Frost Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Darryl Harris, Daltin Harris, Kyle Stidham, Tyler Jones, Corey Tittle, Noah Tittle and Charles Crittenden; honorary pallbearer was Brandon McCleese.

She was preceded in death by parents, Leander and Nancy Dutton; siblings, Robert Dutton, James Rowe Dutton: sons-in-law, Dempsey Long, Greg Woodard.

She leaves to cherish her memory; husband, Grady Purser; children, Lois Long, Gloria Rollins and husband, Bob, Jessie Purser and wife, Mildred, J.C. Purser, Dorothy Woodard, Brian Purser, Jane Crittenden, Edward Purser (Casey Haynes); siblings, Louise Mears and husband, R.B., Lizzie Mae Clark and husband, Junior, Hershel Ray Dutton and wife, Alice, Doris Owens and husband, Wallace; 13 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews.

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