Jo Anne Lee Braswell Murray, passed away December 24, 2020.
A graveside service will be held at 3:00 pm on Wednesday at Lakeview Memorial Park. The family is asking for those in attendance to please adhere to social distancing and mask recommendations at the graveside service for the safety of others.
Mrs. Murray graduated from Rankin High School, Greensboro, NC and then went to work for American Red Cross. Twenty-five years after graduating high school, she attended Guilford Technical Institute (now GTCC) where she was on the Dean’s list and received her Associates Degree in Nursing. She worked as a nurse at Greensboro Hospital, Wesley Long Hospital, Cone Hospital and in In-Home Health before retirement.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Garland Bryant Murray; mother, Evelyn Toombs Lee; father, Rev. R.Cole Lee and sister, LaVerne Lee Reece.
Mrs. Murray is survived by her sons, William Thomas “Tommy” Braswell (Shawn) and Edward Slade “Butch” Braswell (Mark); brothers, RC Lee (Betty) and Robert E. “Bobby” Lee; Goddaughter, Blakke Garnett and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Cone Health COVID-19 Support Fund, 1200 N. Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 or to Alzheimer’s Association Greensboro – Triad Office, 4615 Dundas Drive, Suite 103, Greensboro, NC 27407.
The children wishes to express their heartfelt appreciation to the nursing staff at Moses Cone Hospital, especially Jan, for the loving care exhibited to their mother.
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