Renee Purcell, 71, passed away on September 1, 2020 at The Beehive in Starkville, MS. She was retired as an operator with Bell South.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Roy Purcell and Nellie Mae Rocko Purcell; and her sister, Linda P. Hanson.

She is survived by her sisters, Sharon Richards and Teresa Lyman; brother, Victor Purcell, all of Oregon; nieces, Diana Connolly and Darlene Hanson, both of California; nephew, Donald Hanson of Virginia; and friends, Brenda and Rick Stone, Beth and Jerry Williamson, and Shirley Whittington.