Moiselle Murray (1918-1992)

Moiselle Walton Murrray was Born and Raised on Horsepen Road Circa 1918. She loved to care for the old property next door and tell about the times of our Great Grandparents, the Waltons. She attended Westhampton School, caught the Scarlet Fever as a child falling in the creek. She worked as a young adult as a Window Display Designer in downtown Richmond, where she earned enough money to buy her own car. Going thru the Great Depression, she taught me about the family, hard times and the history of Richmond. Her brother became successful working at the Newport News Shipyard, later owning his own Garage as well as a private plane. There used to be an airport across the street from the old house, where he would fly in to visit the family (Blanche Walton) on Horsepen Rd. During WWII, she began dating and married Richard L (Dickie) Murray. They bought the lot next door and built their house, where they entertained whoever was around pretty much all of the time. They enjoyed visiting family and spending time at Buckroe Beach, Hampton, Newport News and Williamsburg. While raising her granddaughter, she was a Cheer mom and a Dance mother, joined the Gadabouts at Christ United Methodist Church, and had many neighbors, friends and family. Mo always dreamed that she and Dickie would one day retire to Florida, where she had very Romanticized ideals and memories of her younger travels with Dickie. It was not to be; for Dickie became ill from the body paint working on the cars he so loved, and he was quickly Gone before the age that he could even Retire. After that, she kept busy (Always something going on)! Well-loved and very social, Mo was a good friend to many. Bestest friends Jean, Harriet, Debbie, Ruby and Anna; and cousins Flossie and Margaret. Her entire social circle and community was in shock when she was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, having driven around a group of church ladies that week :-) A lot of humour is now missing with her gone, but I laugh about the hilarious times (Like when she caught the kitchen on fire because she had hidden a bag of potato chips in the oven). Years later, Mo came back in a Dream and said to Listen Up, that she had something important to Say. She told me and she showed me:

"Life is like a long, country winding road--like the wallpaper in the Dining Room (hung in the 1950's). No matter what HAPPENS -- STAY on the PATH."

LINKS

Riverview Cemetary

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183003905/moiselle-w.-murray