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Freda Bessie <I>Murray</I> Richards

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Freda Bessie Murray Richards

Birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Death
20 Oct 1999 (aged 84)
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Scattered over Husbands Grave Charles Leroy Richards Sr. at Fort Benning Post Cemetery Add to Map
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Freda Richards
Columbus, GA - Mrs. Freda Bessie (Murray) Faulkner ~ Richards, 84, of Columbus, died Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at her residence.

Funeral services will beheld 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 23, 1999 at Ft. Benning Cemetery, with Rev. Jim Hilderbrand officiating, according to McMullen Funeral Home, Inc. Family will recieve friends after the service.

Mrs. Richards was born August 8, 1915 in Oakland, Alameda County, CA., the daughter of Mary May Edith (nee Sinclair) Murray ~ Kiel and Fred Elroy Murray. She was a homemaker and a Seventh-Day Adventist. Freda is survived by her daughter, Patricia Mae (nee Faulkner) Buss; son, Charles Leroy Richards Jr.; sister, Ella W. (nee Murray) Sanford; half-sisters, Marion Belle (nee Murray) Cardwell and Winifred Betty (nee Murray) Musso; niece Joyce May Bernier and nephew Michael Leonard Sanford.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Melvin in 1973; son In-law Walter Henry Justus in 1971; granddaughter Ashley Nicole Justus in 1983; her first husband, Frederick Stanley Faulkner in 1957 and her second husband, Charles Leroy Richards Sr in 1992.

Surviving from Freda's first marriage to Frederick Stanley Faulkner in 1935 is her daughter, Patricia Mae (Faulkner) Justus ~ Buss; eight grandchildren, Steven Scott, Eugene David, Keith Allen, Donna Dee, twins Walter Adam and Mark Henry Justus, and Trisha and Joshua Buss, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Surviving from Freda's second marriage to Charles Leroy Richards in 1955 is a son, Charles Leroy Richards Jr and daughter in-law, Nancy of Phenix City, AL; and a grandchild, Patrick Lee Richards of Phenix City, AL
[ Published 22 Oct 1999 in the Columbus Ledger - Enguirer, Columbus, Georgia, Friday page 16.]

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Daughter of Fred Elroy Murray & Mary (May) Edith Sinclair

1st husband Frederick Stanley Faulkner
(m. Sept. 1, 1935 in Oakland, Alameda co, CA., Div. 1955 in Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada)

Daughter, Patricia Mae Faulkner, (Patricia's 1st husband is Walter Henry Justus Jr, 2nd husband is Everett Robert Buss II)

Grandchildren are:
Steven Scott Justus, (1955-2006)
Eugene David Justus
Keith Allen Justus
Donna Dee Justus/Brant (1960-2017)
Walter Adam Justus
Mark Henry Justus
Trisha Ann Buss/Colley
Joshua David Buss

Great-grandchildren that have passed away are:
Ashley Nichole Justus
Amber Lynn Justus~Schue

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2nd husband Charles Leroy Richards Sr (Nebraska), m. July 1955

Only child born to this union is:
Charles Leroy Richards, Jr.

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*Photo's submitted by Joyce May Church.

*1st photo is wedding of Freda & Frederick, Sept 1, 1935, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

*2nd photo is of Freda, her father Fred Elroy Murray and Freda's daughter Patricia Mae Faulkner in 1937, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

*3rd photo is of Freda and her sister Ella W (Murray) ~ Church ~ Sanford, Sept. 9, 1929, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

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To date (25 February , 2022), Freda has the following (and counting) number of grandchildren:

8 grandchildren - (two deceased)
22 great-grandchildren - (two deceased)
32 great-great-grandchildren (one deceased)

Great-grandchildren that have passed away are:
Ashley Nichole Justus
Amber Lynn Justus~Schue
Freda Richards
Columbus, GA - Mrs. Freda Bessie (Murray) Faulkner ~ Richards, 84, of Columbus, died Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at her residence.

Funeral services will beheld 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 23, 1999 at Ft. Benning Cemetery, with Rev. Jim Hilderbrand officiating, according to McMullen Funeral Home, Inc. Family will recieve friends after the service.

Mrs. Richards was born August 8, 1915 in Oakland, Alameda County, CA., the daughter of Mary May Edith (nee Sinclair) Murray ~ Kiel and Fred Elroy Murray. She was a homemaker and a Seventh-Day Adventist. Freda is survived by her daughter, Patricia Mae (nee Faulkner) Buss; son, Charles Leroy Richards Jr.; sister, Ella W. (nee Murray) Sanford; half-sisters, Marion Belle (nee Murray) Cardwell and Winifred Betty (nee Murray) Musso; niece Joyce May Bernier and nephew Michael Leonard Sanford.
She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Melvin in 1973; son In-law Walter Henry Justus in 1971; granddaughter Ashley Nicole Justus in 1983; her first husband, Frederick Stanley Faulkner in 1957 and her second husband, Charles Leroy Richards Sr in 1992.

Surviving from Freda's first marriage to Frederick Stanley Faulkner in 1935 is her daughter, Patricia Mae (Faulkner) Justus ~ Buss; eight grandchildren, Steven Scott, Eugene David, Keith Allen, Donna Dee, twins Walter Adam and Mark Henry Justus, and Trisha and Joshua Buss, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Surviving from Freda's second marriage to Charles Leroy Richards in 1955 is a son, Charles Leroy Richards Jr and daughter in-law, Nancy of Phenix City, AL; and a grandchild, Patrick Lee Richards of Phenix City, AL
[ Published 22 Oct 1999 in the Columbus Ledger - Enguirer, Columbus, Georgia, Friday page 16.]

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Daughter of Fred Elroy Murray & Mary (May) Edith Sinclair

1st husband Frederick Stanley Faulkner
(m. Sept. 1, 1935 in Oakland, Alameda co, CA., Div. 1955 in Reno, Washoe Co, Nevada)

Daughter, Patricia Mae Faulkner, (Patricia's 1st husband is Walter Henry Justus Jr, 2nd husband is Everett Robert Buss II)

Grandchildren are:
Steven Scott Justus, (1955-2006)
Eugene David Justus
Keith Allen Justus
Donna Dee Justus/Brant (1960-2017)
Walter Adam Justus
Mark Henry Justus
Trisha Ann Buss/Colley
Joshua David Buss

Great-grandchildren that have passed away are:
Ashley Nichole Justus
Amber Lynn Justus~Schue

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2nd husband Charles Leroy Richards Sr (Nebraska), m. July 1955

Only child born to this union is:
Charles Leroy Richards, Jr.

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*Photo's submitted by Joyce May Church.

*1st photo is wedding of Freda & Frederick, Sept 1, 1935, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

*2nd photo is of Freda, her father Fred Elroy Murray and Freda's daughter Patricia Mae Faulkner in 1937, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

*3rd photo is of Freda and her sister Ella W (Murray) ~ Church ~ Sanford, Sept. 9, 1929, Oakland, Alameda Co, CA.

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To date (25 February , 2022), Freda has the following (and counting) number of grandchildren:

8 grandchildren - (two deceased)
22 great-grandchildren - (two deceased)
32 great-great-grandchildren (one deceased)

Great-grandchildren that have passed away are:
Ashley Nichole Justus
Amber Lynn Justus~Schue


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