Background
Purcell, Gail Pourie was born on June 22, 1936 in St. Louis. Daughter of Edmund Albert and Golda Marie (Clark) Pourie.
Purcell, Gail Pourie was born on June 22, 1936 in St. Louis. Daughter of Edmund Albert and Golda Marie (Clark) Pourie.
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, Southeast Missouri State University, 1959. Master of Education in Early Childhood Education, East Texas State University, 1974. Educational Specialist in Early Childhood Education, University Missouri, 1988.
Teacher grade 1-3, Sims School, Audrain County, Missouri, 1957-1958; teacher pre-school, Methodist Church Co-operation, Mexico, Missouri, 1969-1971; teacher grade 1, kindergarten, extended kindergarten, chapter 1, Mexico Public Schools, 1959-1960, 75-90; director chapter 1, Mexico Public Schools, since 1990.
President Area Parent-Teachers Association Council, Sulphur Springs, Texas, 1973-1974. Active Sisterhood chapter Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), president, 1994-1996, Audrain County Child Abuse/Neglect Council, Mexico, since 1990, Division Family Services Educare Committee, Mexico, since 1993. President Community Teachers Association Mexico Public Schools, 1987.
Member National Education Association, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, International Reading Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha Chi Omega.
Married Murray E. Purcell, July 13, 1957. Children: Margaret Elizabeth Calaluce, Timothy James, Scott Edmund.