Bernice McMurry Scott
(1905–1996)
BIRTH
February 11, 1905
PLACE
Marion, Perry County, Alabama
NAME
Bernice McMurry
DEATH
February 26, 1996
PLACE
Atlanta, Georgia
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Obadiah Scott
(1899–1998)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Bernice McMurry Scott was mother of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King. She and Obadiah Scott owned a farm in Alabama and supported their children’s education. Her maiden surname also appears as McMurray in Stanford’s King Institute.
EARLY LIFE
Bernice McMurry Scott helped run the family businesses, drove a school bus and played piano for the Mount Tabor AME Zion Church. She also served in the local Eastern Star chapter and a literacy club.
CAREER
DEATH
Bernice McMurry Scott died in Atlanta on February 26, 1996, aged 91. A family record places her burial at Mount Tabor AME Zion Church Cemetery in Perry County, Alabama. The consulted record does not give a cause of death.
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