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Cora L. McNair Booker Thompson was born November 3, 1911 in Chandler, OK. One of eight children, Cora was born to Ross Lyle and Delia Jackson Lyle. Mother Thompson was saved at an early age in Coffeyville, KS and the First and Union C.O.G.I.C. She later moved to Wichita, KS and on to Great Bend, KS. Mother Thompson moved to Albuquerque, NM in March of 2004, where she began her fellowship at Metropolitan Temple C.O.G.I.C. Preceded in death by her daughter, Glenda Faye McNair Atkins; son-in-law, Murphy Atkins Sr.; granddaughter, Melinda Atkins Miller; sisters, Velma Hunt, Letha Slaughter and Addie Zollicoffee; brothers, Walter Lyle, Armer Lyle and Percy Lyle, Cora leaves to mourn her sister, Julia Kennard of Kent, MI; her grandchildren, Murphy B. Atkins Jr. of Wichita, KS; Mervin L. Atkins, Michael D. Atkins, Marion L. Winnier, Marnita F. Altra, and Muhammad Ali Atkins, all of Seattle, WA; 17 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; and four generations of other relatives and a host of friends who loved and will miss her. A Home Going Service will be held at Metropolitan Temple C.O.G.I.C, 1120 Second Street NW, in Albuquerque, NM on Friday, June 9, 2006. The visitation will begin at 12:30 p.m., with the Service beginning at 1:30 p.m. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor J.L'Keith Jones will officiate. Arrangements by Direct Funeral Services, 2919 4th ST. NW, ABQ. 505-343-8008
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