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John Carr Herbert Miller 
James Giles 
 
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Teddy Nelson James Smalls Leonard Higgins 
 
Nathaniel Swinton Raliegh Heyward Kenneth Graham 
 
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Julia L. Gilliard Women's Missionary Society 
 
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wishes to extend sincere gratitude for all expressions o f v 
 
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Saturday, March 23,1996 1:00 P.M. 
EBENEZER A.M.E. CHURCH 44 Nassau Street 
Charleston, South Carolina Rev. Charles Young, Pastor 
-- INTERMENT -- Carolina Memorial Gardens North Charleston, South Carolina 
 
 (Obituary 
 
Jennie Gardenia Murray Pyatt was born August 10, 
 
1912, in Williamsburg County, SC, the youngest of 
 
the thirteen children of the Rev. Winfield W. Murray 
 
and Alice Parker Murray. 
 
Mrs. Pyatt attended the public schools of 
 
Williamsburg County until the age of 13, when she 
 
moved to Charleston to live with a brother and his 
 
family. There, she attended Burke High School, 
 
distinguishing herself as a straight A student and 
 
being named valedictorian of her graduating class. 
 
She subsequently completed a teachers training 
 
program and began her career as an elementary school 
 
teacher. She taught in the public schools of Berkeley 
 
and Williamsburg counties before being married on 
 
S eptem ber 25, 1932 to R udolph A. Pyatt of 
 
Charleston. 
 
% After giving birth to the couple's first child, Mrs. 
Pyatt put her teaching career on hold for the next 18 
 
years, choosing instead to remain home and raise 
 
their six children. 
 
03 "I kept my yard clean and my floor clean so they could stay [home] and play and not be on the street", Mrs. Pyatt recalled in an interview for an article in "The Post and Courier" on the Pyatt's 60th Wedding Anniversary. 
Mrs. Pyatt did a good deal more than keep the yard and floors clean during those years. She was a devoted wife, a loving and caring mother and an excellent 
% teacher to her children, preparing them for school away from home. 
 
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A fte r re tu rn in g to work as a te a c h e r in the 
 
C harleston C ounty School system, Mrs. Pyatt 
 
enrolled as a student at Allen University, taking 
 
classes at night and in summer school. She received 
 
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Elementary Education 
 
and finished Cum Laude in her graduating class. 
 
Her dedication, determination, the sacrifices she 
 
made and her strong belief that education is crucial 
 
to one's success formed a solid foundation for her 
 
children in the pursuit of their careers. 
 
Mrs. Pyatt was also an inspiration and strong role 
 
model for the hundreds of students who she taught. 
 
Upon her retirement in 1978, she was cited by the 
 
C h arlesto n C ounty Board of T rustees for 
 
% distinguished service and contributions to students in 
the county. 
 
A devout Christian, Mrs. Pyatt was an active member of Ebenezer AME Church for more than 60 
$ years. In 1983, the church formally recognized her 
with an award for "distinguished, loyal and dedicated service". She also received several awards for her work with the W om en's Missionary Society and was named p re sid e n t of th e year tw ice by th e P alm etto Conference of the AME Church, while serving as president of the Julia L. Gilliard W om en's Missionary Society at Ebenezer. 
To her devoted "Gus", her husband of 63 years, "J" was wife, adviser, confidante and nurse. To her children she was a wonderful mother who made great sacrifices purely out of love. To her church she was a C hristian. To her friends, she was loyal and supportive. To strangers, she was a good Samaritan. 
Her courage in caring for her husband during his 
i lengthy illness, while she herself was ill, is a model of love, strength and devotion. 
Mrs. Pyatt died Monday, March 18, 1996 at Roper 
i Hospital. She is survived by: her husband, Rudolph A. Pyatt, Sr. of Charleston; two sons, Rudolph A. Pyatt, Jr. of Fort Washington, MD and James W. Pyatt of Queens, NY; four daughters, Jennie L. Pyatt of M ount V ernon, NY, Alice A. Pyatt and Joan P. Simmons of Charleston and Gwendolyn P. Marion of Queens, NY; two daughters-in-law, Jacqueline Bell Pyatt of Fort Washington, MD and Charlye Mae Pyatt of Queens, NY; a son-in-law, Benjamin 0 . Marion of Queens; five grandchildren, Rudolph A. Pyatt of 
% Brooklyn, NY, Randolph A. Pyatt of Fort Washington, MD, Kevin A.Pyatt of Mount Vernon, NY, Lillian Theresa Pyatt of Q ueens, NY and Jonathan Pyatt Simmons of C harleston; one great-grandchild, Assata Pyatt of Mount Vernon, NY; several nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. 
 
- Crossing The Bar - 
 
Sunset and evening star, And one clear callfor me! 
 
And may there be no moaning o f the bar, When I put out to sea. 
 
But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Toofullfor sound andfoam. 
 
When that which drewfrom out the boundless deep. 
 
Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! 
 
And let there be no sadness o ffarewell, When I embark; 
 
For tho'from out our bourne o f time and place, 
 
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Theflood may bear mefar. I hope to see my Pilotface toface. When I have crossed the bar. 
 
-- Alfred Lord Tennyson 
 
Processional #364...................................... "My Hope Is Built" 
 
Opening Hymn #83 .................."O Thou, in Whose Presence" 
 
Invocation .................................................. Rev. James Tolbert 
 
Scripture Reading 
 
Old Testament ..............................................Job 14:7-14 
 
Rev. Nathaniel Brooks 
 
New Testament.............................................John 14:1-6 
 
Rev. Lou Ethel Singleton l 
 
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0 ^ Remarks ...................................................... Bro. Leroy Witsell 
 
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Selection # 8 4 ................................ "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" 
 
Eulogy ........................................ Dr. Charles E. Young, Pastor 
 
The Lord's Prayer (Chanted) 
 
Recessional #364 ..................................... "My Hope Is Built" 
 
Committal Service .................................................... Graveside | 
4 Benediction 
 
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