Purdy, Austin Lee^[1]

1915 - 2002  (86 years)    Has 12 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Purdy, Austin Lee
  Birth	8 Dec 1915	Flomot, Motley Co., Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Apr 2002	Kingsland, Llano Co., Texas, USA
  Burial	Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas, USA
  Siblings	6 siblings
  + 1. Purdy, Sisco Allen ,   b. 7 Apr 1904, Miles, Runnels Co., Texas, USA d. 17 May 1973, Littlefield, Lamb Co., Texas, USA  (Age 69 years) ▻ Calvert, Alma Callie + 2. Purdy, Albert Herbert ,   b. 13 Feb 1906, Turkey, Hall Co., Texas, USA d. 16 Jan 1963, Greeley, Weld Co., Colorado, USA  (Age 56 years) ▻ Coleman, Narnie Loraine + 3. Purdy, Aubie Vertie ,   b. 28 Oct 1908, Roosevelt Co., New Mexico, USA d. 3 Nov 1993, Tulia, Swisher Co., Texas, USA  (Age 85 years) ▻ Covington, Gilbert Milton   4. Purdy, Neal L. ,   b. 1 Dec 1913, Flomot, Motley Co., Texas, USA d. 28 Apr 2005, Lubbock Co., Texas, USA  (Age 91 years) ▻ Lee, Hester ,  m. 13 Dec 1941 + 5. Purdy, Austin Lee ,   b. 8 Dec 1915, Flomot, Motley Co., Texas, USA d. 5 Apr 2002, Kingsland, Llano Co., Texas, USA  (Age 86 years) ▻ Treva Bob Lyles ;   Bishop, Edith Belva ,  m. 1946 ;   Oats, Elizabeth ,  m. 18 Dec 1971   6. Purdy, Forrest S. ,   b. 31 Aug 1917, Texas, USA d. 6 Aug 1941, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas, USA  (Age 23 years)   7. Purdy, Delia Flora ,   b. 27 Feb 1927, Flomot, Motley Co., Texas, USA d. 12 Feb 1985  (Age 57 years)
  Person ID	I4984	Majdan
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Purdy, Smith Corgill,   b. 6 Jul 1881, Tarrant Co., Texas, USA d. 7 Aug 1966, Tulia, Swisher Co., Texas, USA (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Long, Audie Corean,   b. 24 Apr 1885, Burneyville, Love Co., Oklahoma, USA d. 8 Aug 1966, Tulia, Swisher Co., Texas, USA (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F1566	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Treva Bob Lyles,   b. 7 Jul 1919, Turkey, Hall Co., Texas, USA d. 29 May 1941, Briscoe Co., Texas, USA (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F1581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Bishop, Edith Belva,   b. 2 Mar 1917   d. 13 Sep 1971 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1946
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 30 years - She : ~ 28 years and 9 months.
  Notes	The three known children have been attached to Edith Bishop but one or more could have been the child of Austin & Treva.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F1582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2010

  
  

  Family 3	Oats, Elizabeth,   b. 10 Sep 1922, Delta Co., Texas, USA d. 16 Oct 2008, Kingsland, Llano Co., Texas, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	18 Dec 1971	Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas, USA
  Age at Marriage	He : 56 years - She : 49 years and 3 months.
  Family ID	F1583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 8 Dec 1915 - Flomot, Motley Co., Texas, USA Marriage - 18 Dec 1971 - Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas, USA Burial - - Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S73] Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29133951. Services for Austin Lee Purdy, 86, of Kingsland, formerly of Lubbock, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel with Gerald Purdy officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park under the direction of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home. He died Friday, April 5, 2002. He was born Dec. 7, 1915, in Motley County. His first wife, Treva Lyle, preceded him in death. He married Edith Bishop in 1946. She also preceded him in death. He married Elizabeth Oats Franklin on Dec. 18, 1971, in Lubbock. He had been a resident of Kingsland since 1980. He graduated from Flomot High School in 1936. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He was in the 21st Photographic Squadron and was stationed in China for two years. He also was a member of the Flying Tigers before they became the 14th Air Force. He was a member of the Walnut Creek Methodist Church. He was a member of the Kingsland Masonic Lodge and the American Legion. He was a partner of Purdy Brothers Garage from 1946 until he retired in 1973. Survivors include his wife; a son, Gerald of Waco; two daughters, Austene Clark of Jal, N.M., and Judy Tanner of Phoenix; two brothers, Neal and Odell, both of Lubbock; two sisters, Audrey Kimbell of Amarillo and Vera Williamson of Enid, Okla.; seven grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.