Helen Purkey, 86, of Port Neches died Monday, September 29, 2008 at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Thursday, October 2, 2008 at Broussard’s in Nederland with Rev. Mark Humble officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Wednesday at the mortuary.
Mrs. Purkey was a native of Sugar Town, Louisiana and lived in Port Neches since 1941. She retired as a teacher with the Port Neches ISD with 31 years of service. Mrs. Purkey was preceded in death by her husband Otis Purkey, and her sons. Jimmy Purkey Jr. and Ronnie Purkey.
She is survived by her grandson, Aaron Purkey of New York City; her sisters, Gertie Deason of DeRidder, Louisiana, Catherine Bostrom of DeRidder, Louisiana, Mabel O’Neal of Flint, and Pauline Taylor of Port Arthur; two brothers, Leo Garner of Sugar Town, Louisiana, and Henry Garner of Haynesville, Louisiana.