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    1. [TNMCNAIR] Purdy Calendars
    2. Nancy Kennedy
    3. This is a list of the pictures that will be on the Purdy 2007 calendar: Purdy 1929-30 Freshman Class: George Curlin, Francis Farris, Nelson Dodds, Ethel McCann, Jewel Barnes, Isaac Wright, Lila Moore, Nolie Bias, Carlo Holland, Ernest Thomas, Jack Wagoner. Not in order. Gann's Store, Purdy probably in the 1850;s. (L-R) Vernon Sanders, Gordon Murray, J T Inman, O'Neal Murray, John Ross Murray, Marie Inman Brooks, Larry Murray, (front) Willie Gann. Little Miss Mary Hurst, about five years old. Born 1910 and died 2004. Family of E C & Eula Plunk Holland, Christmas 1959. Seated: Loyce, E. C., Sula & Carlos. Standing: Cleo, Leslie, Elmo, Melvin, Charles, Perry Everette & David. All nine boys attended school at Purdy. (Deceased: E. C. & Sula, Loyce, Carlos, Elmo & Leslie.) All boys except David rode the school wagon to Purdy school for a period of time. The wagon was driven by E. C. Holland and Henry Plunk. Purdy Girls Basket Ball Team of 1930: Frankie Young and Nolie Bias (Forward) Ila McCombs and Mae Van Dyke (Guard) Jessie Williams and Pauline Williams (Center), Loraine Farris, Electra Galbraith and Juanita Massengill (Subs). Celia America Crump and John Leweter, married ca 1876. Celia was the daughter of Elizabeth Steadman and Dr Richard Crump. Miss Bessie Dodds and Miss Mary Dodds chop cotton in their field adjoining the old Purdy Courthouse lawn. They lived in the only house that is still standing from the pre Civil War days. Picture taken about 1960's. Tombstone of William D. Jopling, 1820-1904, in Bethesda Cemetery near Purdy. Jopling was McNairy County Sheriff at the time of the first and only legal hanging in McNairy County which took place Sept 7, 1860. Murray School House students 1838-39. (Back) James Eddie Miller, Pauline Sullivan Brown, Agness Cooper, Pauline Murray Walker, Dewey Sullivan, Fayne Miller, Euila Johnson Holland, Mancel Johnson, Willie Hugh Clayton. (2nd Row) Doris Miller Moore, Billie Jean Miller Walker, Ovene Cooper, Mary Nell Clayton Ward, Joyce Murray Plunk, Vivian Cooper, Juanita Johnson Hendrix, Maudine Johnson Johnson, O'Neal Murray. (Front) Grady Cooper, Mary Bess Murray Tate, Travis Johnson, L T Miller and Gordon Murray. Purdy Graduating Class of 1929. (I cut off the names - they will be on the calendar.) J. D. Damron, plumber and electrician. Old Purdy School Bell. This old bell was the one used at the Purdy School College. Joe Tacker bought it when they had a sale. It was passed on to Troy Tacker then to Marie Tacker Henry.

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