Most of the information listed on this site came from a book written and researched by  Stuart Hoyle Purvines. 
 My grandfather was X.X. Purviance and he lived in Avant, OK.  That is where my dad X. Arnold Purviance was raised.  My dad moved to Mooreland, OK sometime in the late  1930's and that is where he met my mother, Mary Knittel.  They were married in 1940  and lived most of their married life there. All of us kids were raised in Mooreland.  I remember dad always telling us that when we got his name that it was clean--and we  had all better keep it that way to pass on to our children.  He also said that if we  told someone we would do something that we had better do it, if people could not trust  our word then they would never trust us.  Powerful words to live by dad!  Thanks for  instilling in us the morals to live our lives by.

Dad was the game warden for Woodward Co. and alot of the surroundng area for 32  years.  He is the person that you should have thanked if you like to hunt wild turkey  in the state of Oklahoma.  Growing up I remember dad trapping wild turkey and moving  them to other areas to repopulate the state.  He was honored for his work by the state  of Oklahoma along with another Ranger, R.D. Gray.  There have been stories published  about him and his work.  When he started the trapping of wild turkey he said he wanted  to be able to hunt with his son and he was blessed with being able to hunt with his 3  grandsons also.