Lillian Purvis McCarthy, 79, Waylon Street, Yulee, passed away Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at Quality Health Nursing Home following a lengthy illness.
A native of Bacon County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Ross and Mary Bratcher Purvis and had resided in Nassau County for the last 48 years.
Mrs. McCarthy was a homemaker and a Christian, and had retired from the Land and Williams Corporation of Fernandina Beach. She enjoyed fishing, flower gardening, cooking and keeping her loving companion, Robert G. Turner, "straight".
Additional survivors include: her children, Barbara (Carl) Rowe, Betty (Oliver) Rowe and Terry (Jill) McCarthy, all of Fernandina Beach; a stepson, Johnny Turner of Nassauville; grandchildren, Belinda (Steve) Braswell, Fernandina Beach, Brandy (Ruben) Garza, Kingsland, Ga., and Brian (Jennifer) Rowe and Cole McCarthy of Fernandina Beach; great-grandchildren, Brittany, Jamie, Joseph, Kaitlin, Dalton, Ashley, Hannah and Blake; two brothers, Johnny Purvis, Odum, Ga., and Gerald (Jeannie) Purvis, Blackshear, Ga.; and two sisters, Gracie (Rev. Herbert) Williams, Patterson, Ga., and Mary Jean (Frank) Glass, Plant City; and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Burgess Chapel of Oxley-Heard Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert H. Williams officiating. Burial will follow in Bosque-Bello Cemetery.
Mrs. McCarthy's nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The family received friends Tuesday evening from 6-8 p.m. at Oxley-Heard Funeral Home.
Oxley-Heard Funeral Directors
Source: Fernandina Beach, FL Newsleader Online - Nov 03, 2004

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