Mrs. Grace Miles Purdy

Mrs. Grace Miles Purdy, age 79, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, January 13, 2024 at Gateway Health and Rehab in Cleveland, GA.

 

Born February 2,1944 in Stephens County, she was the daughter of the late Rev. John Wesley and Rilla Grace Williams Smith Miles.

 

Mrs. Purdy was a bookkeeper for 27 years at Sears and was a secretary for 19 years at Ebenezer Baptist Church.  She was a lifetime member at The Toccoa Pentecostal Holiness Church, now known as The Springs of Toccoa, where she was the pianist for fifty years.

 

Grace Purdy was known for her musical talent as a pianist and singer and was a gifted seamstress.  The Purdy family traveled to many churches in the Southeast singing gospel music.

 

Family members include her daughter and son-in-law, Anita Grace Purdy Poole (Rev. Walter E. “Gene” Poole, III) of Demorest; son and daughter-in law, Daniel Loy Purdy (Becky Collette Purdy) of Benicia, CA; granddaughter and her spouse, Kaitlyn Elizabeth Pfeiffer (Joshua Justin); grandson and his spouse, Samuel Loy Purdy (Jaclyn Laurene); great-grandchildren, Owen Jude Pfeiffer, Olivia Mae Pfeiffer, Scarlett Laurene Purdy, and Sawyer Loy Purdy, all of Benicia, CA;  brother and sister-in-law, Howard Smith (Anne) of Whitsett, NC; and several nieces and nephews.

 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Martha Terrell, Clara Hambleton, Vera Lindley, Melba Williams and Dorothy “Dot” Bolmon.

 

The family will receive friends at the mortuary from 1:00 pm until the service hour Saturday, January 20, 2024.

 

A celebration of life service will be held at two o’clock Saturday, January 20,2024 from the Chapel of Whitlock Mortuary with the Rev. Austin Ivester and the Rev. Wayne Butler officiating.

 

Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers and sign the online guestbook at www.whitlockmortuary.net

 

Whitlock Mortuary, Funerals and Cremations is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Grace Miles Purdy.