My relationship to Oscar L Tyra is through Velma Clara Purvis (my 3rd cousin 1x removed).
I have been searching for my ancestors on ancestry.com (not easy)and this is how I found them. I don't know anything about this family. Have no pictures (When I do find a picture or pictures I try to copy them so that I have a face with a name and when I find a story or history about someone that's even better).
Velma Clara Purvis was the daughter of Alice Jenette Singleton (my 2nd cousin 2x removed)and John Benton Purvis.
I currently live in Hawaii (have for the last 10 years). I was born and raised in Houston, Texas.
My email is
rodriguez96725@gmail.comNice chatting with you. Debra