sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message purity dairies type subsidiary industry dairy founded 1946 headquarters nashville tennessee united states key people mark ezell president number of employees 500 parent dean foods website www.puritydairies.com purity dairies is a nashville tennessee united states based dairy company operated by the ezell family . it offers products throughout tennessee alabama and kentucky . the company is owned by dean foods . history edit in 1926 dr. c.n. cowden sold his dairy farm to miles ezell after he had rented it for a year and it was named ezell s dairy . by the 1940s many local dairies had closed due to the requirement of pasteurization and ezell s dairy was one of the few that remained . in 1945 the farm was shut down but ezell obtained a small business loan bought the green vale milk plant on murfreesboro road and merged with rosebank dairies . in 1946 the company was formally incorporated as purity dairies . albert gasser joined the company as president and helped purity become the dominant milk producer in middle tennessee . citation needed purity at one time promoted itself as a provider of golden gernsey milk . later it stressed its goldenflake buttermilk and won national awards with the product . purity was one of the first to use hepa filtration in its cottage cheese production area and this helped to dramatically improve the shelf life of the product . it was the first to use wax free paper packaging and opaque gallon containers for milk . purity was also known for creative advertising and used jim varney in a series of ads that helped to expand its market penetration with his character of ernest p. worrell becoming an icon in the advertising world . citation needed a sales force was established in the mid 1950s with one man tom pugh initially becoming the entire force . the force was later expanded to include several other sales professionals who were instrumental in expanding purity s market share with area retailers . in the 1990s purity expanded its line to include an ice cream that became the best seller in the area . citation needed in 1998 the company was purchased by dean foods . members of the ezell family one of the founders are still involved in the management of purity dairies . products edit aside from dairy products like milk cultures and ice cream the company sells beverages including orange juice lemonade tea and water . purity dairies is one of the few remaining sellers of the nutty buddy . many other non dairy products are available through home delivery which as of 2008 is handled by plumgood food . external links edit official website v t e dean foods alta dena arctic splash barber s belsoy berkeley farms borden broughton brown s dairy country fresh creamland dean s friendly s friendship garelick farms gandy s heartland farms jilbert s land o lakes land o sun pet lehigh valley dairy farms louis trauth mayfield mcarthur meadow brook meadow gold pog model dairy mountain high oak farms the organic cow over the moon price s provamel purity reiter robinson dairy stroh s ice cream swiss tea t.g. lee trumoo tuscan dairy farms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title purity dairies & oldid 736627656 categories dairy products companies of the united statesdean foods brandsmanufacturing companies based in nashville tennesseeice cream manufacturershidden categories articles lacking sources from july 2011all articles lacking sourcesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from august 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 19 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view