Rita Barnes (Purdy)'s Obituary
Rudder Funeral Home
P. O. Box 525
45015 Alabama Highway 277
Stevenson, Alabama 35772
256-437-2971
Rita Michelle Purdy Barnes
August 25, 1963 ~ August 19, 2008
Stevenson, Alabama
Rita Michelle Purdy Barnes, 44 of Stevenson, AL died August 19, 2008. She was a homemaker and attended Centennial Baptist Church.
Rita was preceded in death by her father Homer Allison Purdy; son David Randall Dobbins; great-nephew Michael Bruce Privett.
She is survived by her husband David Barnes of Stevenson, AL; mother Mollie Ann Temples Goff of Stevenson; brother Randy Purdy of Rogersville, AL; sister Sheila (Jerry) Kimmell of Shreveport, LA; nieces: Heather Robinson, Toni Kimmell, Millie Kimmell; great-niece Arwin Robinson; step-daughter Kim (Barry) Richardson of Bridgeport, AL; other relatives and friends.
Visitation will be Wednesday, 5-9 PM CDT at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson, AL. The funeral will be 2 PM CDT, Thursday, August 21, at the funeral home chapel officiated by Rev. Brian Guinn followed by burial at Longacre Cemetery in Stevenson.
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