Coe Purvis Strain

AIKEN, SC -- COE PURVIS STRAIN, 92, died Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Home in Aiken. A native of Fairmont, NC, Mr. Strain was a son of the late Samuel David and Charity Purvis Strain, Sr. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II, serving in India. He was retired from the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Strain was a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Aiken, and a former member of Parkview Baptist Church in Durham, NC, where he was very active as a Sunday School Teacher and former chairman of thAT department and former chairman of the Board of Deacons. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Chuck and Shellie Strain, Aiken, SC and two grandsons; Jake Peacock, Jacksonville, FL and Drew Peacock, Pensacola, FL. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years, Juanita Barbour Strain and a grandson, John Peacock. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM, cryptside at Woodlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum in Durham, NC. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 PM at the cemetery. Please visit the online guest register at www.shellhouseriversfuneralhome.com. SHELLHOUSE - RIVERS FUNERAL HOME, 715 EAST PINE LOG RD., AIKEN, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Coe Purvis Strain, please visit our flower store.