Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Tombstone Tuesday~Roxie Carolyn Brock Purvis Reid


Roxie Carolyn Brock Reid
b. Sep. 3, 1895
d. Jan. 17, 1967
bu. Brocks Mill Baptist Church Cemetery

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Roxie Carolyn Brock was a daughter of Samuel Stonewall Jackson Brock and Laura Cornelius Teal.

Roxie Carolyn and Oscar Philmore Purvis, Sr. were married on 2 February 1913 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. Roxie and Oscar had four children; three of which lived to adulthood. Their last born, a daughter, died a day after her birth. Oscar Philmore Purvis died on 20 April 1931 leaving Roxie with three young children.

Roxie next married James Thomas ‘Tom’ Reid. There were no children born to this union.
Roxie Carolyn Brock Purvis Reid died on 17 June 1967 in Charlotte, North Carolina.  She was buried at Brocks Mill Baptist Church cemetery, chesterfield, South Carolina.

Roxie Carolyn was my Grand Aunt by marriage to my Grand Uncle Oscar P. Purvis.

1 comment:

  1. Hi there, Roxie Brock was my 2nd great-grandmother. She gave birth to my great grandmother, Sara Elizabeth Purvis in 1915.

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