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     Garnet Marie Purdy Garnett Purdy Brown, 78, of Roanoke died on Wednesday, April 21, 2004. Surviving are her daughter, Susan Marie Perkins and her husband, Herbert; son, Howard Wayne King and his wife, Pamela; brother, James Purdy; sister, Janice McGlothlin; grandchildren, Terri Pritchard, Herbert Lee Perkins, III, and Kris King; and three great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.³ She was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.^4,3 Her Social Security Number was 225-22-2090.² She was born on May 3, 1925 at McComas, Mercer Co., West Virginia.^1,2,4 As of June 12, 1944,her married name was King.¹ She married Letcher Archie King, son of Reuben Harrison King and Lucy Ellen King, on June 12, 1944 at Columbia, Richland Co., South Carolina.¹ Garnet Marie Purdy and Letcher Archie King were divorced on December 29, 1975 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ Garnet Marie Purdy died on April 21, 2004 at Virginia at age 78.^2,5,4,3

     Warner Mack Bell Sr. was buried at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, 5737 Airport Road NW, Roanoke, Virginia.^2,5 He was born on October 27, 1922 at Fireco, Raleigh Co., West Virginia.^1,2,3 He married Katherine Marie Hale, daughter of Samuel "Sim" Hale and Crettie Ann Manning, on February 15, 1941 at Salem, Roanoke Co., Virginia.^1,4,2,5 Warner Mack Bell Sr. died on September 22, 1963 at Roanoke, Virginia, at age 40.^2,5 He Warner M. Bell Sr., 40, died Sunday morning in a local hospital of injuries received when hit by a car Saturday night. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Marie Hale Bell, three daughters, Mrs. Joe Zimmerman, Mrs. James Abbott, Miss Sandra K. Bell, all of Roanoke; two sons, Warner M. Bell Jr., Allen C. Bell, both of Roanoke; a sister, Mrs. Allie Patton, Roanoke; two brothers, Clarence Bell and Cecil D. Bell, both of Roanoke; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Bell, Roanoke. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. on September 23, 1963.⁵