of Marion, AR

April 28, 1955 - December 2, 2014

Sande Puryear, 59, of Marion, passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. He was born April 28, 1955 in Norwalk, OH to Robert ''Bob'' and Dale Burrow Puryear. Sande was an engineer for GlaxoSmithKline for 38 years. He was a member and trustee of the Immanuel Baptist Church in Marion and was a Master Mason and a member of York and Scottish Rites.

Sande was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include his loving wife, Diane Lynn Puryear; a son, Jerry (Erin) Puryear of Little Rock; three grandchildren, Thomas Sande Puryear, Cora Bay Puryear and Hazel May Puryear; two sisters, Lynn (Stanley) Colquitt of Marion and Terry Sitcler of Harrisburg; and his in-laws, Clyde and Anna Lynn Gray of Jonesboro.

Visitation will be 6-8 pm Thursday at Roller-Citizens Funeral Home in West Memphis.

Funeral services will be 1:30 pm Friday at the First Baptist Church in Weiner with a visitation beginning at 12:00 pm until time of the service. Rev. Rick Clark will officiate. Burial will follow at the Oak Grove Cemetery in Weiner.

Arthur Booth, Kyle Colquitt, Matt Colquitt, Stanley Colquitt, Andrew Gray, Jim Starling, Gary Tackett and William Wood will serve as pallbearers.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to either the Immanuel Baptist Church, PO Box 347, Marion, AR 72364 or to the Oak Grove Cemetery Fund, PO Box 361, Weiner, AR 72479.

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