HAMILTON COUNTY
Deborah Brown
Deborah Brown, 58, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010, in Chattanooga.
Arrangements by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995.
Sawyer Brown
Sawyer “Peanut” Brown, infant, went home to be with Jesus Saturday, May 8, 2010.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Billy Smith, Jesse (Willie Mae) Brown, J.O. (Robbie) Elmore; and stepgreat-grandmother, Vermel Brown.
Survivors include his loving parents, Shawn Prescott and Brittany Elizabeth Brown; great-grandparents, Carolyn Smith, Jimmy (Shirley) Walker; grandparents, Pally (Jennifer) Smith, Daniel Ray (Nina Sue) Brown; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Graveside services will be held 1 p.m. today, May 11, 2010 at Lakewood Memory Gardens, South, with Rob Borders officiating.
Arrangements are by W.L. Wilson & Sons Funeral Home, Fort Oglethorpe.
Garrett Burton
Garrett Burton, 47, of Harrison, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2010, on his Harley.
He was preceded in death by his father, Oral Thomas Burton; grandfather, Edward Wood; brother-in-law, Bobby Armstrong; sister-in-law, Christina Armstrong.
He is survived by his wife, Teresa Burton; children, Dean (Robin) Burton and Brittany Burton, all of Harrison; mother, Myrtle Burton, of Chattanooga; second “Mom”, Claudia Barth, of Defiance, Ohio; two brothers, David and Danny Burton; one sister, Patsy Burton, all of Michigan; two granddaughters, Emily and Skyler Burton; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010. at 11 a.m. in the Highway 58 chapel of Turner Funeral with the Rev. Toby Brodgen officiating.
Interment will follow in New McDonald east View Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. also on Thursday up to the hour of service at the funeral home.
Arrangements are by Turner Funeral Home Inc., Highway 58 Chapel, 622-3171.
Dorothy Cassady
Dorothy Lee Coheley Cassady, 83, of Chattanooga, passed away on Sunday, May 9, 2010.
Ms. Cassady was born in Clanton, Ala., to William and Mamie Coheley. She was a lifelong Baptist, a very religious lady and will always be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother.
Surviving are her daughter, Carolyn Cassady Sauls, Cedartown, Ga.; son, Larry Cassady, of Chattanooga; grandchildren, Monica Leigh Sauls Glover, Birmingham, Ala., Kristen Sauls Blankenship, Cedartown, Ga.; great-grandchildren, Kayleigh Denise Glover, Kyle Lewis Glover, Birmingham, Ala., Noah Scott Rosenthal, Bryce Johnathon Blankenship, Cedartown, Ga.; great-great-grandchildren, Braxton Kalanlani Conner, Birmingham, Ala.; brother, John W. Coheley Jr., Fayetteville, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. EDT today, May 11, 2010 and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday at Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel, where a funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Charles E. Pittman officiating.
Additional visitation will be on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. CDT at Collier-Butler Funeral Home (824 Rainbow Drive, Gadsden, AL 35901) and funeral service at 11 a.m. CDT Thursday, May 13, 2010 with the Rev. David Ingram officiating.
Burial will follow at Crestwood Cemetery in Gadsden, Ala.
Please share your thoughts and condolences at www.mem.com.
Arrangements are by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, Crematory & Florist, 404 S. Moore Road.
Jean Gross
Jean Gross, of Chattanooga, passed away Monday, May 10, 2010, in a local hospital.
Arrangements will be announced by the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, 404 S. Moore Road.
Robert Hoelzel
Robert “Bob” Wayne Hoelzel, 52, of Chattanooga, passed away on Monday, May 10, 2010.
He is survived by his wife, Tammy Hoelzel, of Chattanooga; parents, John C. and Ethel A. Hoelzel, of Nevada; son, Matthew R. Hoelzel, of New Hamshire; stepdaughter, Ashley Tharpe; stepson, Brandon Roop; and grandson, Turner Tharpe, all of Dayton, Tenn.; and a sister, Donna Sullivan, of New Hampshire
The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, at the North Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home with a service at 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children;s Research, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
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Arranements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist, North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, TN 37343.
James Hurst
James Albert Hurst, 79, much loved father of four, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Memorial Hospital.
He was born on Lookout Mountain, Tenn., on June 8, 1930 to Lawrence Albert Hurst and Haseltine Gore Hurst.
He graduated from McCallie School and joined the Marine Corps after attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his undergraduate degree from University of Tennessee at Knoxville and his MBA from UTC.
Jim is survived by Norinne Hurst, of Lookout Mountain; their children, Nandy Hurst, of Atlanta, Jamey and Louisa Hurst, of Lookout Mountain; Elizabeth and Jim Branch, of Madison, Ga., and Matt Hurst, of Lookout Mountain; six grandchildren, Eliza, Colmore and Adelaide Hurst, of Lookout Mountain, and Alex and Kate Branch, of Madison, Ga.; and sister, Adelaiede Brinkley, of Greensboro, N.C.
Service will be held at Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal at 2 p.m. today with visitation to follow at Talbird Hall with Father Robert Childers of Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal on Lookout Mountain officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Chattanooga or Good Shepherd Episcopal on Lookout Mountain.
Arrangements by Wann Funeral Home of Chattanooga.
Burlie Johnson
Burlie Denham Johnson, 94, lifelong resident of Chattanooga, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2010.
She retired from Skyline Manufacturing Co.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Johnson; and daughter, Monasue Varner.
Survivors include her son, Carl Eugene Penny of Chattanooga; four grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren.
A graveside service will be 1 p.m. today in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Visit www.lanefh.com to share condolences.
Arrangements by Lane Funeral Home, 601 Ashland Terrace.
Dr. Katherine McClure
Dr. Katherine Louise “Kitty” McClure, 81, died Friday, May 7, 2010 at her home.
Graveside services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Chattanooga Memorial Park.
Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Lane Funeral Home, 601 Ashland Terrace.
Please visit www.lanefh.com to send condolences.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pilgrim Congregational Church (698-5682) or to Orange Grove School.
Catherine McDaniel
Catherine McDaniel, 66 of Ooltewah, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010, in a local hospital.
Mrs. McDaniel was a member of Ridgedale Baptist Church and the Open Door Sunday School Class. She attended Tennessee Tech and majored in Home Economics, where she met her husband, Tommy. She retired in 1999 as a teacher at Ooltewah High School.
She was a wonderful wife of 40 years, a caring, loving mother and a compassionate, loving friend. She was active with several charities, especially Volunteers in Medicine. She loved quilting, gardening, and the outdoors.
She is survived by her husband, Tommy McDaniel, Ooltewah; daughter, Elizabeth Anne McDaniel, Harrison; son, John McDaniel, Ooltewah; sister, Ann Goss, Nashville; brother, Dan A. Cross, Jonesborough, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bill Owens officiating.
Interment will follow at Lakewood Memory Gardens, East.
Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family and view the memorial tribute.
Memorial contributions may be made to Volunteers in Medicine, P.O. Box 81057, Chattanooga, TN 37414.
The family will receive friends 4-8 p.m. today and noon-1 p.m. Wednesday at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 East Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421.
Mabel Montgomery
Mabel Montgomery, 90, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010, in Chattanooga.
Arrangements by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995.
Charles Nix
Charles Lee Nix, 69, of Lookout Mountain, Ga., passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010.
He was the son of the late Melvin Clemuel Nix and Frances Elizabeth Penley Nix and was preceded in death by his daughter, Vickie McCallie Nix.
He was a member of Lookout Mountain Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Charles worked as a Safety Director and Hazardous Material Manager. He had previously worked for U.S. Pipe & Foundry, Erlanger Hospital, Gilman Paint, Black & Veatch, CH2M-Hill and was currently employed with IB&M.
He was a member and past president of the Chattanooga Society of Safety Engineers and was also a member of the Rossville Lodge 397 F&AM.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Ruth Nix; two sons and daughters-in-law, Charles Lee Nix II and Linda Swift, of McDonald, Tenn., William M. “Marty” Nix and Melinda Nix, of Lookout Mountain, Ga.; and grandson, William Martin Penley Nix.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Chattanooga National Cemetery. Masonic and military rites will be conducted at the cemetery.
A celebration of Charles’s life will follow at St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church, 7555 Ooltewah-Georgetown Road.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Wreaths Across America, Attn: TNCNCC-TNCAP002, P.O. Box 8905, Chattanooga, TN 37414-0905
Arrangements by Chattanooga Funeral Home, Valley View Chapel, 7414 Old Lee Highway.
William Starner
William “Bill” Starner, 73, of Chattanooga, died Saturday, May 8, 2010.
He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Jean.
Survivors include his wife, Jane; children, Ed Starner and Amy (Tim) Goon; stepchildren, Amy (Mark) Seitz and Joel (Julie) Bales; and 11 grandchildren.
He was retired from Wheland Foundry.
A memorial service will be held for family and friends later this month in Indiana.
In memory of Bill, please plant trees and flowers or make donations to the Nature Conservancy or Heifer International.
George Walker
George M. Walker, 83, of Chattanooga, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2010, in a local hospital.
Personal and Professional services entrusted to Franklin-Strickland Funeral Directors, 1724 McCallie Ave.
Sgt. Lawrence Wood IV
Sergeant Lawrence Earl Wood IV, recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for service in Iraq with the Army National Guard, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010.
Funeral at 11 a.m. today, May 11, at Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Donations to charity in his honor in lieu of flowers, please.
TENNESSEE
Shipley Buckner
CLEVELAND – Shipley Rose Buckner, 18, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010.
She was a senior at Baylor School of Chattanooga. She was a member of the Varsity Cheerleading Squad, Baylor Choir, Baylor Dance Team and the Baylor Theater. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Cleveland. Shipley lived life to the fullest and loved her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ralph Sr. and Stella Buckner and K.G. and Mable Edgemon.
She is survived by her mother, Jan Edgemon Buckner; and father, Ralph Buckner Jr. and wife, Chari; brother, Brandon Buckner; sisters, Stella Buckner and Paris Buckner, all of Cleveland; aunts and uncles, Anna Jean and Bobby Roberts and Alice and Johnny Powell, all of Decatur, Carolyn and Ken Barnett, of Kingston, Libby and Dave Gregory, Becky Buckner, Linda and David Hunt and Judy and Sonny Harvey, all of Cleveland; and several cousins.
Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Cleveland with Pastor Alan Lockerman, Pastor Jim Gibson and the Rev. Max Morris officiating.
Entombment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Marty Gregory, Shane Roberts, Jason Powell, Kelly Barnett, Jacen Hunt, Paul Harvey and Eric Neff serving as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be the Baylor Senior Football Players and Varsity Cheerleading Squad.
Her family will receive friends today from 4-8 p.m. at First Baptist Church.
We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Buckner family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Shipley Buckner Scholarship Fund, c/o Bank of Cleveland, P.O. Box 5000, Cleveland, TN 37320.
Arrangements by Ralph Buckner Funeral Home.
Lynda Carpenter
NIOTA – Lynda Lou Carpenter, 67, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at her residence.
There will be no formal visitation or service.
A celebration of life service will be held at a later date.
Ziegler Funeral Home, Athens is in charge of the arrangements.
Frances Gentry
CLEVELAND – Frances Marie Stoncipher Gentry, 67, died Sunday, May 9, 2010.
Survivors include: daughter, Debbie Baker and husband, Paul; granddaughter, Kara Brinkman; grandsons, Lee Baker and Michael Baker; four great-grandsons.
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Wednesday and visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Ralph Buckner Funeral Home.
Eva Lawson
DECATUR – Eva “Grace” Collins Lawson, 91, died on Sunday May 9, 2010, at her residence.
She was a member of Burdette Chapel Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sammy and Pansy Eldridge Collins; husband, Coy Lawson; brother, Bobby Lawson; daughter, Marjorie Palmer; grandson, Stan Casteel.
Survivors include four sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth and Shirley Lawson, of Cleveland, Tenn., Harold and Pat Lawson, of Kingston, Tenn., Douglas and Sandy Lawson, Jimmy and Susie Lawson, all of Decatur; three daughters, Jane Lawson, Linda Wilson, Freda Petitt, all of Decatur; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren and special friend, Wanda Monroe.
Funeral service will be held at 8 p.m. today, May 11, in the Bowers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Plaster officiating.
Interment will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, in Decatur Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. today, May 11, at the funeral home.
Please go to www.bowersfh.com and sign the guest book and offer your condolences.
Arrangements by Bowers Funeral Home, Decatur Chapel of Decatur, 423-334-3661.
Loretta Lunsford
NIOTA – Loretta F. Lunsford, 58, passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010, at Life Care of Athens.
Graveside services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cochran Cemetery in Englewood.
Visitation 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday funeral home.
Ziegler Funeral Home, Athens is in charge of the arrangements.
Terry Majors
CLEVELAND – Terry Carolyn Sorrells Majors, 63, passed away Friday, May 7, 2010 in a local hospital.
She was a retired beautician. She was a loving mother, grandmother and aunt. She was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Oliver and Louise MacKenzie Sorrells; brother, John MacKenzie Sorrells; and sister, Judith Ann Sorrells Oliver.
She is survived by her children, Mollie Alaine Majors and husband, Brian Watson, of Chattanooga and Matt Majors and wife, Miranda, of Sale Creek; grandchildren, Morgan Majors, Reagan Majors and Addison Majors, all of Sale Creek; brother, Thomas Oliver Sorrells, Jr. and wife, June, of Charleston; brother-in-law, Bill Oliver, of Charleston; sister-in-law, Janey Sorrells, of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be conducted on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 10 a.m. at Michigan Avenue Cemetery with Pastor Alan Stewart officiating. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.
Her family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. at Ralph Buckner Funeral Home.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, ATTN: Donor Services, PO Box 650309, Dallas, TX 75265-0309.
We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Majors family guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.
Eric Sneed
CLEVELAND – Eric Christopher Sneed, 41, died Sunday, May 9, 2010.
Survivors: wife, Michelle Sneed; children, Derek Sneed and Galie Sneed; parents, Gerald and Imogene Sneed; siblings, Lebron and Mark Sneed, Yvonne Holloway, Leshia Collins.
Funeral services are 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Visitation 5-8 p.m. today at Ralph Buckner Funeral Home.
J.B. Steele
WINCHESTER – J.B. Steele, 84, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2010, at his residence.
Graveside services was conducted at 11 a.m. CDT Monday, May 10, at Franklin Memorial Gardens.
Moore-Cortner Funeral Home, 300 First Ave. NW, Winchester, TN 37398
931-967-2222 www.moorecortner.com.
Ruth Studdard
DELANO – Ruth Studdard, 83, died Monday, May 10, 2010, at Woods Memorial Hospital.
Service is 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 12, in the South Chapel, with visitation 5 to 7 p.m. prior.
Burial 10 a.m. Thursday, May 13, in Delano Cemetery.
Bordwine Funeral Home of Etowah in charge of arrangements.
Jimmy Tipps
LYNCHBURG – Jimmy Wayne Tipps, 59, died on Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Harton Regional Medical Center in Tullahoma.
A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. CDT today at Lynchburg Cemetery.
Arrangements by Jennings Moore-Cortner Funeral Home, 181 Majors Blvd., Lynchburg, Tenn. www.moore-cortner.com
David Young
BENTON – David L. Young, 52, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at his residence.
Graveside service is 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 12, at New Bethel Cemetery.
Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. today, May 11, at the funeral home.
Bordwine Funeral Home of Etowah in charge of arrangements.
GEORGIA
Doyle Camp
FORT OGLETHORPE – Doyle Camp, 81, passed away Monday morning, May 10, 2010, at his residence.
Mr. Camp was the former mayor of Fort Oglethorpe.
Condolences may be sent to www.lane-southcrestchapel.com.
Arrangements will be announced by the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, Rossville.
Jeanne Chambliss
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN – Jeanne Susong Chambliss, a longtime resident of Lookout Mountain, Ga., died Saturday, May 8, 2010, in a local hospital. She was 88.
Ms. Chambliss was a native of Des Moines, Iowa, and a former resident of Coral Gables, Fla. She was a graduate of Ponce de Leon High School there and attended Wesleyan College and the University of Miami. She performed as a drummer in the inaugural Orange Bowl parade.
She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal, in Lookout Mountain, Tenn., the Friday Morning Study Club, the English Speaking Union and the Outlook Club of Lookout Mountain. She was in the first group of Portable Meals volunteers when Senior Neighbors ran that program, served on the board of the Joe Johnson Mental Health Center and had tutored children in reading at Orchard Knob Elementary School.
She enjoyed gardening, family vacations and lots of chocolate, much of it provided by a niece in California, Nancy Colville.
She was preceded in death by a son, David Sizer Chambliss; sister, Betti Colville; and a brother, Col. Charles J. Susong.
Survivors include three sons, Thomas Anthony Chambliss, Eugene, Ore., Dr. Daniel Frederick Chambliss, Cazenovia, N.Y., and Alexander Wilds Chambliss, of Chickamauga, Ga.; nine grandchildren, Sarah Michael Chambliss, Sean Alex McCarthy “Sam” Chambliss, Lucy Jeanne Chambliss, Alexander W. “Zan” Chambliss, Seth Colville Pierce Chambliss, Sarah Kline Morgan, Daniel Rowe Morgan, Anne Lucas Morgan and Rebecca Gavin Morgan; one great-granddaughter, Susan Kline Haberlandt; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The body will be cremated and the ashes placed in the memorial garden at her church.
A memorial service will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal, on Lookout Mountain with the Rev. Robert Childers officiating.
The family will receive friends after the service at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Chattanooga Nature Center, 400 Garden Road, Chattanooga, TN 37419.
Arrangements are by Heritage Funeral Home, Fort Oglethorpe.
Vicki Gifford
ROSSVILLE – Vicki Yvonne Gifford, 51, passed away Monday, May 10, 2010, at her home.
She was a lifelong resident of the North Georgia area, served in the U.S. Air Force, and worked in the medical field for several years as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Evelyn and Lester Blevins, Beauleh and Idella Gifford; and sister, Michelle Murr.
Survivors include daughter, Lacey Gifford; grandson, Brayden Bynum; mother and stepfather, Julia Faye and Ray Sexton, all of Rossville; father and stepmother, Nancy and Thomas Gordon Gifford, of Murfreesboro; sisters and brothers-in-law, Tracy and Chris Llewellyn, of Rossville, Tammy and Harvey Wright, of Corryton, Tenn., and Pam Rowland, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; brother, Bobby Rowland, of Smyrna, Tenn.; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Betty Stephens and Dan White.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at the South Crest Chapel with Chaplain Dan White officiating.
Burial will follow at Tennessee-Georgia Memorial Park, Rossville.
Visit www.lane-southcrestchapel.com to send condolences.
The family will receive friends today from 3-8 p.m. at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, Rossville.
Brownie Neal
TRENTON – Brownie Wheeler Neal, 80, passed away Monday, May 10, 2010, at her home.
She was a 1947 graduate of Dade County High School and a member of Hooker Church of Christ.
Brownie was preceded in death by her husband, Burl Neal; parents, Thomas Benton Wheeler and Allie Fields Wheeler; brother, Thomas Benton Wheeler Jr.
She is survived by cousins and a host of friends and special caregivers, Roy and Shirley Stephens.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 12, 2010, in Moore Funeral Home Chapel with Ministers Frank Parker, Bernard Keith and Milton Stephens officiating.
Interment will be held in Lake Hills Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held today 2-9 p.m.; Wednesday 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Arrangements by Moore Funeral Home, Trenton.
Elizabeth Pruitt
CARTERSVILLE – Elizabeth Gay Pruitt passed away Thursday, May 6, 2010.
Service at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Greater Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Michael Sutton and the Rev. Marcus Rasberry officiating.
Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, Dalton.
OTHER AREAS
Edith Murray
LEESBURG, Va. – Edith Brock Murray, 76, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at her home.
Mrs. Murray was born June 26, 1933, in Niota, Tenn., to the late James Alfred and Edna Foster Brock. Early in life it was apparent that she would be a very gifted, artistic and talented woman. After graduating in 1963 with a master’s of fine arts degree, she went on to earn a second master’s in 1967 in art history. She was a professor at Northern Virginia Community College where she taught for more than 20 years and where she was instrumental in developing the interior design program. She also served as an adjunct professor of interior design at Marymount University. In 1984, Mrs. Murray started her own interior design company, Courtland Manor Designs, and, as an accredited professional member of ASID, worked for many industry and governmental officials designing offices and residential spaces. During the early 1980s she was living in the Old Methodist Rectory in Herndon, Va. Through her research and dedication she was able to have the building preserved and listed as a state historic site.
Mrs. Murray is survived by her beloved sons, James Byron Murray (Melanie), of Catharpin, Va., Joseph Hayward Murray, of Middleburg, Va.; her brother, J. Don Brock, of Chattanooga; two granddaughters, Alexandra and Amanda and many other relatives and friends.
Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 124 Park St., SE, Vienna, VA 22180.
On line condolences may be sent to www.LoudounFuneralChapel.com.
Services and the interment will be held privately at a later date.