BERNARD A PURYEAR
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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 23-E: 5
Department: Mecklenburg County, Virginia, S.D.
End of Watch: December 30, 1929
Cause: SHOT
Age: 60
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Deputy Puryear and Clarksville Police Officer Mack Tuck were ambushed and shot while raiding an illegal still. Both lawmen were pronounced dead at the hospital.
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