Mrs. Mary Purvis Obituary Princeville, N.C. Mrs Mary Belle Savage Purvis,78,died March 11,2013. Funeral Service will be held Saturday March 16,2013 3 p.m. at the White's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Stacey A. Evans officiating. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens. She is survived by her husband Elder Cleveland Thomas Purvis of the home, two daughters;Commissioner Isabelle Purvis Andrews and JoAnn Purvis Bellamy both of Princeville,N.C.,three sons;Tommy Ray(Deborah)Purvis of Tarboro,N.C.,Henry Thomas Purvis of Rocky Mount,N.C and Curtis Purvis of Adyen,N.C.,fifteen grandchildren and twenty nine greatgrandchildren.Three sisters;Hattie Ellison and Ada Mae Savage both of Princeville,N.C. and Jean Savage of Tarboro. A viewing will be held Friday 2-7 p.m. at the funeral home and a wake Saturday 2-3 p.m. Saturday at the church. These services have been entrusted to Dickens Funeral Service,Inc. of Tarboro. dickensfuneralservice.com