Maxine Bishop Darling Purdy

Maxine Bishop Darling Purdy, age 95, passed away Wednesday afternoon, June 5, 2019, at her home in Sardis, MS.

Funeral services for Maxine will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday June 7, 2019 in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home in Batesville with visitation beginning at 1:00 prior to the service. Interment will follow at Thyatira Cemetery near Senatobia, MS.

Maxine was born March 29, 1924 to the late Herman Franklin Bishop and Maude Mula Humphries Bishop in Memphis, TN. During Maxine’s lifetime she was homemaker and a faithful member of the Como Baptist Church. In her downtime she enjoyed crossword puzzles, watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune, and loved to tell stories.

Those she leaves behind to cherish her memory include her three daughters, Brenda Booth of Sardis, MS, Sherry Darling of Blue Ridge, GA, and Carolyn Darling of Iowa; her son, Jay Pounders of Nashville, TN; one sister, Clara Burford of Barr, MS; 17 grandchildren, 42 great grandchildren, and 46 great- great grandchildren.