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“Old Purdy” - Col. Fielding Hurst home.

Posted on September 13th, 2007 by admin

LONE SURVIVOR - The only home in “Old Purdy” which has withstood the ravages of time is the old Col. Fielding Hurst home. Today its occupants, Miss Bessie Dodds (left) and Miss Mary Dodds chop cotton in an adjoining field which once was the courthouse lawn.

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TENN., Sunday July 29, 1956

Flash forward to 2005 …

Civil War Era Home - The Last 19th century structure still standing in McNairy County, TN!

Special thanks to Hunter Cashdollar for images.

     

Filed under: Hurst Mansion, Hurst Nation

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    Despair for the children
    who lie now in bed.
    The widow, the aged
    the soldier who bled.
    For out of the "Nation"
    comes a sickness and curse -
    God save us all
    From the demon called Hurst.

    Like vandals of old
    through our land they did ride
    With Hunger and Death
    always close by their side.
    Came Terror, his herald -
    but the wailing comes first . . .
    We know he is coming,
    That demon called Hurst.

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