Helen Brock

April 4, 1932 – April 23, 2010

ANDERSON, SC - Helen Sylvene Cole Purdy Brock, age 78, of Anderson, died Friday, April 23, 2010, at her residence.

Born in Townville, she was a daughter of the late Hurbert Calhoun Cole and Bertie Dobbins Cole.  She graduated from Townville High School in 1951.  Mrs. Brock was employed by F. W. Woolworth for over thirty years as a Bookkeeper and Assistant Manager. She was a member of Long Branch Baptist Church where she was a member of the Senior Adult Sunday School class and a choir member.

Survivors include her sons, Freddy Purdy and his wife, Rita, Anderson, and Randy Purdy and Mary, Honea Path; five grandchildren, Christopher, Derek, Haley, Casey and Kevin; brother, Clayton Cole, Anderson; and sisters, Polly Morgan, Woodruff, and Emily Whitten, Anderson, and special friends, Lena Brewster and Pat Thomason.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, J. Furman Purdy and her second husband, Ralph Vickery Brock, brothers, Calhoun Cole and Rolly Cole. 

The Funeral Service will be Sunday, April 25, 2010, at 3:30 PM in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home with Rev. Wayne Watson and Dr. Don Wilson officiating.

The Senior Adult Sunday School Class of Long Branch Baptist Church will serve as Honorary Escort. Entombment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

The family will be at the residence and will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday, April 25, 2010, from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM. 

Flowers are optional or memorials may be made to Long Branch Baptist Church, 2101 Highway 413, Anderson, SC 29621.

A message of condolence may be sent by visiting www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com. The McDougald Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.