Dr. Purvis W. Hill died on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Hill practiced medicine in his home state of of Clarksdale, Mississippi for over 41 years. He was a humble man who had the gift of compassion and stellar bedside manners even as a young resident doing his Obstetrics and Gynecology rotations at the old Freedmen's Hospital in Washington, D.C. He was profiled in the book "The Promised Land" as a physician commited to caring for his community of Clarksdale.