Purvis, Delmus E.

Fairport, NY / Albany, GA – January 24, 2018. Predeceased by loving wife, Letha. Survived by daughter, Karen (Cliff) Houston; granddaughters, Amanda (Bill Johnson) Casey and Emily (Elizabeth Stolfi) Houston; great-grandson, Levi Grey Johnson; brothers, Al (Opal) Purvis and Olan (Nelle) Purvis; many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Calling hours, Monday 5-7 at the Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home (Village location), 41 S. Main St., Fairport. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Lifetime Care Hospice.

Delmus Purvis was a good man. A great Husband, Daddy, Granddaddy and friend. He had a heart of pure gold and would have given the shirt off his back to anyone in need. A man who enjoyed playing Uno but only if you let him win, puttering around in the garden with his faithful sidekicks Bandit the cocker spaniel & a black cat named Black Cat. He carried a Swiss Army knife with him wherever he went. A man that would sing “Here she comes, Miss America” when you first woke up. He was a Navy veteran, worked on the Bayline in Florida, was a civilian planner at the Marine Corp Supply Center in Albany, Georgia and made an excellent retiree. He made the best boiled peanuts and chocolate milkshakes and even though he could be a little grumpy he was always quick to throw you a toothy grin. He loved swimming in his pool on hot Southwest Georgia days and he loved his wife fiercely and faithfully until she passed from Alzheimer’s in 2011. We believe that he has been reunited with his true love, his Ladybird. We believe he has found peace and joy in the arms of Christ. We believe we will see him again.
As one of my Mom’s friends said, “To live a life as long as his and to create a family as beautiful as he did is a truly amazing accomplishment.”