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Headline WM. FLY PROMINENT PURDY MAN PASSES AWAY MONDAY A.M.
NATIVE OF BARRY CO.
Merchant Succumbs To Heart Trouble Monday Morning
Had Lived in Purdy 45 Years
Text William Monroe Fly, 83, of Purdy, MO., half-brother of Henry W. Fly of Monett, died at 5:30 o'clock Monday morning, February 1, of heart disease. He had suffered from heart trouble for several years and in the past year the attacks came closer together and were more severe.

The funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the Methodist church at Purdy, conducted by Reverend Fred Schmidke of Aurora, assisted by Reverend Holt, pastor of the church. Interment will take place in the Purdy cemetery beside the grave of his wife who died December 10, 1935. The funeral rites will be directed by the Blankenship home.

Mr. Fly was one the best known citizens of Barry county. He had been a resident of Purdy for 45 years, and all that time he had been in the general merchandise business. He retired from active business a few years ago because of his general health and his hearing. Before going to Purdy he was associated in general merchandise business with his brother Jasper L. Fly at Corsicana, who died several years ago.

Mr. Fly leaves no children. Surviving are his half brother, Henry W. Fly, two half sisters, Mrs. A.M. Gurley of Purdy and Mrs. Mabel Wilson of Long Beach, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Call, whose address is unknown. Two brothers, Jasper L. Fly and Richard Fly died many years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Fly had been married 65 years.

Newspaper or Funeral Home Springfield Democrat
Date February 4, 1937
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Submitted by Jack Fly