Edgar was born in 1895. He was the son of John Purkey and Hannah Key. He passed away in 1945.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZR-RFW : accessed 20 July 2018), Hanna L Purkey in household of John J Purkey, Civil District 10, Blount, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 12A, family 217, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,558.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGN5-M1X : accessed 19 October 2020), John Perky, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 119, sheet 21A, family 376, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1508; FHL microfilm 1,375,521
Find a Grave Memorial ID 97479043
"Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS7H-RF1 : 26 August 2019), John Perkey in entry for Edgar Ruble Perkey, 26 Mar 1945; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Edgar by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Edgar: