TITLE:  Mildred Ward Purdy

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier

SUBMITTED BY:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jun 2003

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PURDY, Mildred
Mildred Ward Purdy, widow of Henry Klugh Purdy, Jr., departed this 
life on Monday, October 15, 2001 at a local Beaufort hospital.
Mrs. Purdy was born on April 20, 1917 in Lincolnton, NC. She is the 
daughter of the late William Henry Ward and Ada Justine Pharr Ward. 
She was predeceased by her sisters, Willa Ward Shipman of Ridgeland, 
Mary Lila Ward Smoak of Walterboro and a brother, Granville Geer Ward 
of Florence. Mrs. Purdy attended Furman University and graduated from 
The University of South Carolina in 1937, earning a degree in 
Journalism and French. Her father, Dr. W. H. Ward, Superintendent of 
Schools in Walterboro for many years, was instrumental in forming the 
Extension Divisions of USC, becoming Director of The Extension Division
in Columbia in 1937 until his retirement in 1957. Mrs. Purdy was the 
daughter-in-law of Sen. and Mrs. Henry Klugh Purdy (Mary Augusta Ryan) 
of Ridgeland. Mrs. Purdy and her husband, Klugh, were partners in many 
businesses in Ridgeland. Blessed with keen and inquiring minds and 
great fortitude, they were an inspiration to those who knew them, 
always eager to help their fellowman in any way they could, monetarily 
or otherwise. Mrs. Purdy was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a 
doting grandmother, a kind and caring friend to all, both black and 
white, in Jasper County and beyond. She is survived by a daughter, 
Eleanor Ward Purdy Tillman and her husband, Bobby of Beaufort, and a 
son, Henry Klugh Purdy, III (Rock) and his wife, Lyn, of Hilton Head 
Island. Also, five grandchildren: Sen. Chauncey Klugh Gregory and his 
wife, Sherri, of Lancaster, Alice Gray Gregory, Richard Evans Richards 
Gregory, and Roxanne Eleanor Purdy, all of Charleston, and Katherine 
Ryan Purdy of Hilton Head Island. Surviving also are two 
great-grandchildren, Marshall Klugh Purdy Gregory and Ellen Gray 
Gregory of Lancaster and several nieces and nephews. She held a 
special place in her heart for each one. Funeral services will be held 
at Saint Paul's United Methodist Church in Ridgeland at 11:00 a.m. on 
Wednesday, October 17, 2001, with burial in Grahamville Cemetery. 
Visitation will be held at Sauls Funeral Home on Tuesday, October 16, 
2001, from 6 until 8:00 p.m. Pallbearers for Mrs. Purdy will be: 
Tommy Scoggins, Ken Bush, Daniel Henderson, Ralph Bailey, Tom Thomas, 
George Patterson. Honorary Pallbearers, Patrick Morley, Sherwood 
Fender, Henry Tillman, Thaire Daley, Lee Dasher, Walter Morgan.
The family requests that remembrances be made to charities of choice.
SAULS FUNERAL HOME of Ridgeland, SC in charge of arrangements.
(Published Oct 16, 2001)
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