Some 100 or more Purdy area residents enjoyed the lighting of Purdy’s Christmas tree, Friday night, in Purdy’s City Park. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.com
From left: Steve Terry, Kevin Terry, Judson Terry, Jovi Terry in her mother Ashley’s arms, and Mary Terry enjoyed Purdy’s Christmas in The Park tree-lighting celebration in the Purdy City Park Friday night. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comCharleigh Brown, left, and Landry Shamblin practice their artistic skills in the former Utopian Bean coffee shop, prior to Purdy’s Christmas in The Park tree-lighting event Friday night. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comAshley Terry, left, helps her son, four-year-old Judson Terry, choose a treat before the Christmas tree lighting, at Purdy’s second annual Christmas in The Park, Friday night. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comThree-year-old Grayson Luekenhoff pauses to put in a request to Santa at Purdy’s Christmas in The Park tree-lighting celebration Friday night. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@ gmail.comZane Brown led about 100 people in singing at Purdy’s Christmas in The Park second, annual tree-lighting event in the Purdy City Park Friday night. First State Bank president Randy Henderson offered welcoming remarks, and Rick Sharp, new pastor at First Baptist Church, read the Christmas story from scripture. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/sheilaharrisads@gmail.comMadison Johnson, left, and Mason Johnson enjoy treats before the Purdy “Christmas in The Park” tree-lighting event in the Purdy City Park Friday night. The event was sponsored by First State Bank, First Baptist Church of Purdy and Mareth Enterprises. Sheila Harris/ sheilaharrisads@gmail.com
