James Young Purcell died in McMinn County on 2 July 1927 and is buried at the Matlock Cemetery near Niota. He was the son of William M. & Martha Matlock Purcell and was born 6 September 1854. Do any McMinn County, TN newspapers survive that might have carried an obituary for James Young Purcell in July of 1927? If so where might these papers be located? Thanks for any help offered with this query. Doug Purcell Eufaula, AL

Doug Purcell listed in the cemetery records book is: Daniel Purcell 8-17-1809--10-29-1851 He is buried at Matlock. County road 209 J.Y. Persell 9-6-1854--7-02-1924 The Daily Post Athenian has a web site. They may not have the obit online but might steer you in the right direction. www.rootsweb.com/~tnmcminn may have a link to DPA Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Purcell To: TNMCMINN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: [MCMINN] Obituary for James Young Purcell (Percell), 1854-1927 James Young Purcell died in McMinn County on 2 July 1927 and is buried at the Matlock Cemetery near Niota. He was the son of William M. & Martha Matlock Purcell and was born 6 September 1854. Do any McMinn County, TN newspapers survive that might have carried an obituary for James Young Purcell in July of 1927? If so where might these papers be located? Thanks for any help offered with this query. Doug Purcell Eufaula, AL ==== TNMCMINN Mailing List ==== NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett kathleenburnett@earthlink.net ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237