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Obituary

Oakman Cemetery, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma



© Criswell Funeral Home
John Benjamin Purcell
December 14, 1939 - August 20, 2017
© Criswell Funeral Home
Submitted by: Sandy Bain


Services for John Benjamin Purcell, 77, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Colbert Baptist Church, Dr. Bob Payne will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakman Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Purcell passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born December 14, 1939 at Los Angeles, CA to Earl Augustus and Martha Emily Conyers Purcell. He graduated from high school in Baldwin Park, CA.

He married Joyce Ann Winters November 12, 1963. Mr. Purcell was the owner and operator of Carpet Warehouse in Ada since 1978 and had also owned and trained race horses for over 20 years. He was a member of Colbert Baptist Church, the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association, the American Paint Horse Association and had served in the U. S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division, being honorably discharged as a Sergeant.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce, of the home; three daughters, Sheila Mills and husband Scott of Ada, Debbie Bond of Montgomery, TX and Tami Purcell of Ada; seven grandchildren, Tiffany Lockhart, Bree Figgins, Danny Manuel, Lane Mills, Cody Mills, Skye Purcell and Ty Mills; four great-grandchildren, Madison Neyhard, Cash Lockhart, Erin Lockhart and Hayley Lockhart; and a sister, Donna Villers of Arizona.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his siblings, Frances “Fanny” Winward, Morene “Moe” Neal, Teresa Hunter, Tommy Purcell, Chuck Purcell and Earl Purcell.

Bearers will be Jose Gonzales, Pedro Martinez, Louis Augilar, Jay Presley, Danny Fuller and Kevin Newberry. Honorary bearers will be Lane Mills, Cody Mills, Ty Mills, Scott Mills and Dewey Smith.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada


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