Georgia Bea (Allison) Murray, 66, died September 2, 2007 at the H. John Heinz Progressive Care Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born February 18, 1941 near Pocahontas, Arkansas to the late Lone and Lois (Brown) Allison. She moved with her family in 1951 to Pendleton, Indiana where she attended school and graduated from Pendleton High School in 1959. After graduation, Bea served in the Women's Army Corps and was stationed at Fort Dix near Wrightstown, New Jersey, where she worked in the pediatric wing of the Fort Dix Hospital.
After being discharged from the Army, Bea marrie the late Charles (Chuck) Murray on September 28, 1964 in Wrightstown, New Jersey and they celebrated 31 years of marriage until his death in 1994. Bea was a well known member of her community where she was active in the Cookstown United Methodist Church and in local politics. She worked as a waitress at a local restaurant in Wrightstown, The Palace, for 26 years. In 2003, after learning that she had lung cancer, Bea moved from Wrightstown to McMurray, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her son and family.
Bea is survived by her son, Bob and wife, Deanne Murray; three grandchildren, Charles, Garrett, and Deanne Murray all of McMurray, Pennsylvania; four sisters, Dorothy (Richard) Moneyhun of Pendleton, Indiana, Bobbie Weatherford of Burton, Michigan, Jennie Wellencamp of Plainfield, Indiana, and Alta Crawford of Pocahontas, Arkansas; several nieces; several nephews; other relatives and many friends, including special friends; Bonnie Shotsberger-Lehmer and Joy Smires.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; three brothers, Bobby Jack Hawkins, Lowell Allison, and Paul Allison; brothers in law, William Weatherford and Otto Crawford; and special friend, Pat (Murphy) Selvey.
Services were entrusted to Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Home of Pendleton, Indiana.
After being discharged from the Army, Bea marrie the late Charles (Chuck) Murray on September 28, 1964 in Wrightstown, New Jersey and they celebrated 31 years of marriage until his death in 1994. Bea was a well known member of her community where she was active in the Cookstown United Methodist Church and in local politics. She worked as a waitress at a local restaurant in Wrightstown, The Palace, for 26 years. In 2003, after learning that she had lung cancer, Bea moved from Wrightstown to McMurray, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her son and family.
Bea is survived by her son, Bob and wife, Deanne Murray; three grandchildren, Charles, Garrett, and Deanne Murray all of McMurray, Pennsylvania; four sisters, Dorothy (Richard) Moneyhun of Pendleton, Indiana, Bobbie Weatherford of Burton, Michigan, Jennie Wellencamp of Plainfield, Indiana, and Alta Crawford of Pocahontas, Arkansas; several nieces; several nephews; other relatives and many friends, including special friends; Bonnie Shotsberger-Lehmer and Joy Smires.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; three brothers, Bobby Jack Hawkins, Lowell Allison, and Paul Allison; brothers in law, William Weatherford and Otto Crawford; and special friend, Pat (Murphy) Selvey.
Services were entrusted to Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Home of Pendleton, Indiana.
Georgia Bea (Allison) Murray, 66, died September 2, 2007 at the H. John Heinz Progressive Care Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born February 18, 1941 near Pocahontas, Arkansas to the late Lone and Lois (Brown) Allison. She moved with her family in 1951 to Pendleton, Indiana where she attended school and graduated from Pendleton High School in 1959. After graduation, Bea served in the Women's Army Corps and was stationed at Fort Dix near Wrightstown, New Jersey, where she worked in the pediatric wing of the Fort Dix Hospital.
After being discharged from the Army, Bea marrie the late Charles (Chuck) Murray on September 28, 1964 in Wrightstown, New Jersey and they celebrated 31 years of marriage until his death in 1994. Bea was a well known member of her community where she was active in the Cookstown United Methodist Church and in local politics. She worked as a waitress at a local restaurant in Wrightstown, The Palace, for 26 years. In 2003, after learning that she had lung cancer, Bea moved from Wrightstown to McMurray, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her son and family.
Bea is survived by her son, Bob and wife, Deanne Murray; three grandchildren, Charles, Garrett, and Deanne Murray all of McMurray, Pennsylvania; four sisters, Dorothy (Richard) Moneyhun of Pendleton, Indiana, Bobbie Weatherford of Burton, Michigan, Jennie Wellencamp of Plainfield, Indiana, and Alta Crawford of Pocahontas, Arkansas; several nieces; several nephews; other relatives and many friends, including special friends; Bonnie Shotsberger-Lehmer and Joy Smires.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; three brothers, Bobby Jack Hawkins, Lowell Allison, and Paul Allison; brothers in law, William Weatherford and Otto Crawford; and special friend, Pat (Murphy) Selvey.
Services were entrusted to Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Home of Pendleton, Indiana.
After being discharged from the Army, Bea marrie the late Charles (Chuck) Murray on September 28, 1964 in Wrightstown, New Jersey and they celebrated 31 years of marriage until his death in 1994. Bea was a well known member of her community where she was active in the Cookstown United Methodist Church and in local politics. She worked as a waitress at a local restaurant in Wrightstown, The Palace, for 26 years. In 2003, after learning that she had lung cancer, Bea moved from Wrightstown to McMurray, Pennsylvania, to be closer to her son and family.
Bea is survived by her son, Bob and wife, Deanne Murray; three grandchildren, Charles, Garrett, and Deanne Murray all of McMurray, Pennsylvania; four sisters, Dorothy (Richard) Moneyhun of Pendleton, Indiana, Bobbie Weatherford of Burton, Michigan, Jennie Wellencamp of Plainfield, Indiana, and Alta Crawford of Pocahontas, Arkansas; several nieces; several nephews; other relatives and many friends, including special friends; Bonnie Shotsberger-Lehmer and Joy Smires.
She was preceded in death by her husband and parents; three brothers, Bobby Jack Hawkins, Lowell Allison, and Paul Allison; brothers in law, William Weatherford and Otto Crawford; and special friend, Pat (Murphy) Selvey.
Services were entrusted to Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Home of Pendleton, Indiana.
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