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July 16, 2007 - Contributed by Ms. Jeri Duronslet Autin: "My name is Jeri Duronslet Austin.
I remember
Melissa as a
warm,
loving, and
friendly
person who
was very
easy to talk
to. I met
Melissa at
Colton Jr.
High in the
early
1980’s. I
do not
recall what
classes we
attended
together,
but I do
remember
even after
all these
years what a
beautiful
spirit she
had. I last
saw Melissa
at Beacon
Light in
Thank you
Tamika
Franklin for
sending me
this email,
for I am
residing in
I live to die and I die to live again to be with my LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST" |
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MELISSA
(BRUMFIELD) HURST, 39, Administrative Assistant
with the Internal Revenue Service, died on
Tuesday after being struck by a vehicle. Ms.
Hurst was a life long resident of New Orleans
until Hurricane Katrina. She became a resident
of Houston, TX and was blessed to be a recipient
of an Oprah Winfrey habitat home. She graduated
from Francis T. Nicholls and attended Phillips
Community College. She was a former employee of
the State of Louisiana and the City of New
Orleans. She was a member of Beacon Light
International Baptist Cathedral. She is survived
by her two sons, Earl Hurst and Torren Carter;
her mother Esther Brumfield; her father Calvin
Maryland; a step-mother Mary Maryland; her
siblings Theresa and Larry Brumfield; Kelvin,
Britt, and Renata Maryland; a host of uncles,
aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins, and other
relatives and friends. Visitation (Friday) July
13, 2007 from 12-5 p.m. at Pruitt's Mortuary, A
Homegoing Service will be held on (Saturday)
July 14, 2007 at 12:00 noon at the Beacon Light
International Baptist Cathedral of Houston, 501
FM 1092 (Stafford, Texas) Bishop Darryl S.
Brister, officiating. Interment Houston Memorial
Gardens. Troy B. Smith , Directing.
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