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Mrs. Essie C. Rumble Hurdle 
"MaChick" 
Sunrise - September 20, 1907 Sunset - April 23, 2005 
Saturday, April 30, 2005 2:00P.M. 
Warren Grove Missionary Baptist Church 
Edenton, North Carolina 
Reo. Wilbur Mills, Pastor Reo. Carl Young Coston, Officiating 
 
 -- ?:o Our !Mom and (jrandmotfier -- 
You were so very special And you meant so much to us . There weren't many Moms and Grandmothers like you - Who gave so unselfishly. 
When life turned our world Inside out, 
You were always there to lean on We knew without a doubt 
That whenever things went wrong And we couldn't understand 
We knew that you would be there To lend a helping hand. 
To us, there's not another Mom or Grand Mother 
Who could ever take your place. 
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"Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. " 
 
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Some of her favorites: 
 
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Songs: This Little Light of Mine;, Precious Lord 
Take My Hand & The Lord Will Make a Way 
 
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Colors: Blue & White 
 
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Scripture: The 23rd Psalm 
 
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Churches: Center Hill & Warren Grooe 
 
Saying: "God Knows in heaoen" 
 
 - -THE PALLBEARERS - Friends and Relatives 
- - THE FLORAL BEARERS- Friends and Relatives 
- -ACKNOWLEDGEMENT- At this time, the family would like to express our sincere 
appreciation to the many friends for their prayers, kindness and other loving expressions of sympathy during our time of sorrow. May God continue to Bless You as 
you keep us in your prayers. 
Special thanks to the Doctors, Nurses, other staff members and the entire Administrative Staff of the Brian Center of Hertford North Carolina. 
 
 Prelude .................................................... Mr. Steve Flemming 
 
Processional .......................................................... The Family 
 
Invocation ................................................ Rev. Carl Y. Coston 
Center Hill Baptist Church - Tyner, NC 
Hymn ............. "What A Friend We Have In Jesus'' ..... Choir 
 
Scriptures: 
 
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Old Testament ...................................... Elder McKinley Gilliam 
The Assembly of The Children of God Christian Church - Hertford, NC 
 
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New Testament ...................................... Bishop larry Gordon 
 
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Bethlehem Church of Christ Disciples of Christ- Norfolk, Va. 
 
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Prayer of Comfort ................................... Bishop James Colter 
 
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True Way Holliness Church- Edenton, NC 
 
The Obituary ........................................... Mrs. Carlton Griffin 
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Solo ........... "The Lord Will Make AWay''  Mr. Steve Flemming 
 
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AcknowledgmentsITributes/ and Remarks ... Mrs. Glorious Elliott 
 
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Tributes and Remarks (3 min.) .................... Community Friends 
 
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Family Members Solo ....... "My Soul Is Anchored In The Lord" ..... Mr. Ralph Davis 
 
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Eulogy ..................................................... Rev. Carl Y. Coston 
 
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Center Hill Baptist Church- Tyner, NC 
Selection ..................................................................... Choir 
 
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Final Viewing ................................ Staff of Blair Funeral Service 
 
Recessional 
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Piney Grove A.M. Zion Church Cemetery Tyner, North Carolina 
 
  This was not her home, She was just passing through. The Heavenly Father had gone 
To prepare a place for her. He came back as He hadpromised, On Apri/23, 2005 at the Brian Center- Hertford North Carolina And took Essie 11MaChick"to her Eternal Home. 
 
Essie Ccrine Rumble Hurdle, affectionally known as "MaChick" or 
 
"Miss Essie" was the second of nine children born to the late Eakie L Rumble and Maggine Perry Rumble on September 20, 1907 in 
 
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Edenton, North Carolina (Green Hall Community). She attended the 
 
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old Green Hall School. At a tender age of 12, Essie accepted Jesus Christ as her personal 
 
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savior and joined the Warren Grove Missionary Baptist Church. She 
 
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remained an active member of this church until the family moved to the Center Hill Community in I939. During that same year she 
 
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became a member of Center Hill Missionary Baptist Church where she 
 
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remained an active and faithful member until her health began to fail. She was honored and proud of being the oldest living member of 
 
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Center Hill Church. 
 
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During her early years, Essie did domestic work, farm work, and 
 
child care. She would proudly say "some of the children I baby sat 
 
are now over eighty (80) years old " 
 
In December 1930, she was united in marriage to the late Miles 
 
lester Hurdle. From this union six children were born, with only two 
 
surviving. She was a devoted wife and mother. 
 
Everlasting in her memory will be a devoted loving daughter, Emily 
 
Hurdle Rountree (Winston) of Edenton, NC and a loving son, Carroll 
 
L Hurdle of Windsor, NC; one brother, Willie A. Rumble of Newport 
 
News, Va.; an adopted daughter, lois M. Stepney (lee) of Edenton, 
 
NC; a foster brother, Selmo Perry (louise) and two cousins who were 
 
childhood friends and playmates (Hallie Morning and Maggie 
 
Simpson). There are seven grand children; five great-grand children; 
sixty-five nieces and nephews, and ahost of other relatives and friends 
 
whom she loved dearly. 
 
 SERVICES OF COMFORT ENTRUSTED TO Blair Funeral Sentice 14 I E. Cateret Street 
Edenton, North Carolina 2 7932 (2 52) 482-4449 
Programs compliments of: Faye B. Anderson