April 21, 2008      

WATERTOWN, N.Y.  —  A graveside service for James R. Purvis, Sr., will be 1.30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23,  at the North Watertown Cemetery, Bradley St.  A calling hour will be noon to 1p.m. Wednesday at the Reed & Benoit Funeral Home.  

Contributions may be made to the Epilepsy Foundation.

Mr. Purvis, 64, formerly of Sterling Street, died Friday at the Samaritan Medical Center.

He was a boiler tender on Fort Drum for several years.

Born July 2, 1943, in Watertown, a son of Robert and Florence Dodge Purvis.  

He enjoyed playing pool and fishing.  He was a former member of the Lincoln League.  

Two marriages ended in divorce.

Besides his mother of Watertown, he is survived by two sons, James Jr., Watertown, and Daniel, Joplin, Mo.; a daughter, Sandra Lee Christie, Watertown; several grandchildren and a great-grandchild; two brothers, Raymond, Fla., and Donald, Va.; three sisters, Shirley Savage, Dexter, Patricia LaHair, Fla., and Sandra Yott, Watertown;several nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by a son Steven, died in infancy, a brother, Richard, and his father who died in 1990.

 



Information provided by Reed and Benoit Funeral Home and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.