Obituary of Velma Imogene Murray

Funeral Services for Velma Imogene Murray of Elsberry, MO will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2016 at the Elsberry United Methodist Church in Elsberry. Rev. Paul Garven, church pastor, will officiate with burial in the Elsberry City Cemetery. Mrs. Murray, 89, passed away Saturday night, August 13, 2016 at the home of her caregiver in Florissant, MO. Born March 25, 1927 in Vanduser, MO she was the daughter of Everett E. and Bertha Ann Metcalf Bollinger. Imogene was the Valedictorian of the 1944 graduating class at Naylor High School. She was united in marriage on July 11, 1947 in St. Louis, MO to Alvin Eugene Murray. This union was blessed with one daughter, Sherry Rowena. Imogene was a loving homemaker. She was a member of the Elsberry United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Everett and Bertha Bollinger; her daughter, Sherry Walls, who died May 22, 1983; and her beloved husband of 67 years, Alvin Murray, who died November 30, 2014. She is survived by her grandchildren: Christopher Shawn Walls of Florissant and Lisa Walls-Taylor of Memphis, TN; two great-grandchildren: Autumn and Alexis Taylor of Memphis; and her sister, Hazel Wadlington of Scott City, MO. Imogene also leaves her adopted family: one grandchild, Heidi Lacasse and her husband, Greg, of Florissant; three great-grandchildren: Alex McNeil and his wife, Whitney, of Bowling Green, MO, Jacob Lacasse of Florissant and his girlfriend, Melissa Thomas of Elsberry, and Lydia Lacasse of Florissant; and one great, great-grandchild, Mavis Lynn. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m.until the time of funeral service at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2016 at the Elsberry United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to the Family of Imogene Murray in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 S. 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.