Obituaries

Obit: Elise Thigpen, 86, Of New Haven

She worked at the Bentley Garden for many years.

Image and obit via Howard K Hill Funeral Home

Elise Edwards Thigpen, 86, of New Haven, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018. She was born in Savannah, GA on December 10, 1931 to the late Paul and Moselle Mariah Simmons Murray. She retired form the maintenance department at Bentley Garden after many years of service.

Elise leaves to cherish her memory, sons, James H. Edwards, Jr. and John Thigpen, Jr.; daughters, Mozelle Murray, Linda (James) Peterson, Marilyn (Calvin) Williams, Sheila (Larry) Simmons, Glory Mclendon, Iris (Ronnie) Allen, Maria Edwards, and Maryann Conteh; sisters, Ann Murray, Caldonia Hendrickson, and Sarah Murray; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. She was predeceased by her loving husband, John Ivy Thigpen; daughter, Mary Holland; brothers, Horace Murray, Robert L. Murray, Paul Murray, Frankie Murray, Jacob Murray, Joseph Murray and Rufus Murray; and sisters, Evelina Green, Barbara Jean McKinney, and Gladeen Murray.

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