Funeral service 11:00AM Saturday at McEvoy Funeral Home with Dr. Robert Martin of the First United Methodist Church officiating, burial will follow at Palestine Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Brad White, David Perkins, Jim McCampbell, Dan Purvis, Donald Barnes and Stacy Marr. Honorary pallbearers will be The Tuesday night small engine class. Visitation 4:00 - 8:00PM Friday and after 10:00AM Saturday. He was born in Alamo, Georgia to the late Charles C. and Mary F. Collins Purvis. On June 2, 1963 he married Carolyn Owen Purvis, she survives in Paris. Survived by daughters: Vicki Purvis, Ashville, NC, Lora (Jim) McCampbell, Puryear; sister: Lula (David) Cox, Barberville, FL; brother: Richard (Florence) Purvis and a grandchild: Kelli McCampbell, Puryear. Preceded by three grandchildren: Robert Pierce McCampbell, Jim Houston McCampbell, Kathryn Elizabeth McCampbell, one sister and five brothers. Mr. Purvis was a U.S. Army Veteran, serving in Viet Nam and retiring as First Sargent after twenty years of service. He taught the Small Engine Repair Class at the Tennessee Technology Center in Paris for fourteen years, formerly worked for Loomis-Fargo out of Nashville and also worked for Bearing and Supply in Paris for six years. Robert was an avid supporter of Lifeline Blood Services and was a donor of more than twenty gallons. Memorials may be made to the: Palestine Cemetery Fund, C/o Betty Carter, 3245 Gate 3 Road, Paris, TN 38242.