In memory of
Leonora Washington
Ms. Leonora Washington Murfreesboro - Age, 73, October 6, 2019. Affectionately known as 'Miss Boe', of Murfreesboro, Tennessee succumbed to the peaceful slumber of death Sunday, October 6, 2019. She was one of the first ten African American undergraduate students to integrate Middle Tennessee State University, where she later earned her master's degree. Following in the footsteps of her educator parents, Miss Boe became one of only a few educators within the Rutherford County School System to remain in the same school, teaching the same grade level for over forty-five years. She shall be greatly missed by family, friends, Holloway Class of 1963, her Daughter of The Elks sisters as well as her former and current students. Visitation Sunday, October 13, 4-5 p.m. funeral to follow at Olive Branch Church, 1115 Minerva Drive, Murfreesboro, TN, Rev. Dr. Vincent Windrow, Eulogist. Interment Monday, October 14, 10 a.m. at Evergreen Graveyard. Scales & Sons Funeral Home, 615-893-1313, scalesandsons.com .
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