Judy Purvis McGraw

Judy was born on June 23, 1935 in

Magee, MS. She died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021 at 11:20pm at St. Helena Parish Nursing Home in Greensburg, LA. Visitation at Greenoaks Funeral Home, 9595 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge on Monday, November 1, 2021, from 1pm until religious services at 2pm officiated by Dr. Ernest Graham and Rev. Jeremy Purvis. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Married to Dr. Ben Purvis for 48 years and later to Rev. J. Fulton McGraw, two Southern Baptist Ministers. Survived by two sons Rusty (Becky) Purvis, Amite; Bentley (Michelle) Purvis, Baton Rouge; a daughter Benita Purvis, Baton Rouge; two grandchildren, Krista (Crystal) Crawford, Princeton, TX; and Jeremy (Mary) Purvis, Houston, TX; 3 great grandchildren, Kendra and Isaac Purvis, Houston, TX; Brooklyn Crawford, Princeton, TX; one sister, Lena Faye (Bobby) Hudson, Brandon, MS; two nephews, Robert (Sherry) Hudson, Hernando, MS; and Clay (Sissy) Hudson, Vicksburg, MS; and sister-in-law, Pat (Nelson) Hayman, Byram, MS. Preceded in death by her husbands, Dr. Ben Purvis and Rev. J. Fulton McGraw; parents, Boyd Bishop and Pauline Cameron and a sister Charline Bishop. Pallbearers will be Jeremy and Isaac Purvis, A. J. Rodriguez, Robert and Clay Hudson and Tim Lee. Special thanks to the staff of St. Helena Parish Nursing Home and Community Care Hospice for her excellent care. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to First Baptist Church, Kentwood or the American Cancer Society.