- Collection:
- African American Funeral Programs from the Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System
- Title:
- A celebration of life for Odetta S. Murray, Thursday, February 7, 2002, 12:00 noon, Concord Baptist Church of Christ, 833 Gardner C. Taylor Boulevard, Brooklyn, New York, Reverend Gary V. Simpson, senior pastor, interment, Laurelwood Cemetery, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
- Date of Original:
- 2002-02-07
- Subject:
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--New York (State)--New York
Mourning customs--New York (State)--New York
Funeral service--New York (State)--New York
Genealogy
African American women--New York (State)--New York--History--21st century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--New York (State)--New York--History--21st century
African Americans--New York (State)--New York--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, New York, 40.7142691, -74.0059729
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Program for the February 7, 2002 funeral of Odetta Sanders Murray. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder-M-0160
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_fpro_murrayodettasanders20020207
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_fpro_murrayodettasanders20020207
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of program], Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System System, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Original Collection:
- Eula M. Ramsey Johnson Memorial Funeral Program Collection, Augusta-Richmond County Public Library System, Augusta, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
- Rights:
-
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2002 -- 12:00 Noon
CONCORD BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST 833 Gardner C. Taylor Boulevard Brooklyn, New York
REVEREND GARY V. SIMPSON, Senior Pastor
Interment LAURELWOOD CEMETERY
Stroudsburg, Pennslyvania
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Odetta S. Murray, 80, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania died Wednesday, 30 January 2002 at her home. She was born on 8 May 1921 in Augusta, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Samuel and Julia Sanders. Odetta was affectionately known as "Mama", and was loved by everyone she touched and will be dearly missed by all.
She was the President and Founder of the Hillside Inn Resort Hotel in Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania, which was established in 1954. Odetta is the founder of the Murray Pocono Estates and H illside Country Village in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. She was an Army Nurse serving in World War II and was inducted into the Women's War Memorial in Washington, DC in 1997. She entered the Army as a Private and in 1943, obtained her Nursing degree from the Army Nursing Corps in Illinois. She held three additional degrees: a Masters in Early Childhood Education from New York University, an Interior Design degree from the New York Institute of Design, and a Bachelors in Education from Paine College in Augusta, Georgia. She was a member of the Kings County New York Board of Elections for over six years. She was the Supervising Nurse of the Surgical Unit at Bushwick Hospital in Brooklyn, New York for three years. Odetta was the first recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania in 1995 for her outstanding achievements in community service.
She is survived by her loving husband of fifty-seven years, Judge Albert R. Murray, Sr.; her son, Attorney Albert R. "Sonny" Murray, Jr. of Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania; and numerous other relatives and in-laws.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be given to the Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center at 231 East Brown Street, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301 and/or to Stroud Manor, in the name of Julianna Bolt at 221 East Brown Street, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301.
Interment LAURELWOOD CEMETERY
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
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PRELUDE.... ..............................................................The Organist
PROCESSIONAL
H YM N ........ ............"Blessed Assurance"................................#27
SCRIPTURE,...................................................................The Pastor
PRAYER.......
SOLO..........."If I Can Help Somebody".......... Nadine Edwards
OBITUARY, MESSAGES of CONDOLENCE.........The Clerk
SOLO............ ."To God Be The Glory"............Nadine Edwards
E U L O G Y .....
HYMN.......... .........."Great Is Thy Faithfulness"...................#153
BENEDICTION
The Pastor
"I tell you this, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom o f God nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written."
"Death is swallozved up in victory." "O death, where is thy victory? O grace where is thy sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power o f sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the ivork of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
I Corinthians 15:50, 53-58 (Revised Standard Version, Principally)
For additional comfort and support, the Bereavement Group of Concord Church extends an open invitation to anyone. Feel free to contact the Church at (718) 622-1818.
Acknowledgement The family of the late Odetta S. Murray acknowledges with sincere appreciation, your understanding, your prayers and all acts of kindness at this time of our loss.
