Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, March 8, 1992                   TAG: 9203080008
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT PURCELL, R.

Ruth H. Purcell, age 82 of Roanoke, died Saturday, March 7, 1992 at the Richfield Nursing Center. Surviving are her husband, Andrew S. Purcell; one daughter, Judy Purcell Earnhart, Fairborn, Ohio; three grandchildren, Allison Earnhart, Stephen Earnhart, Katherine Earnhart, all of Fairborn, Ohio. Funeral services will be at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, 10:30 a.m. Monday with the Rev. Dr. Harry Y. Gamble officiating. Interment will be in Saint Andrews Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel.