Alverta Murrell

Alverta Stanton Murrell, daughter of the late Annie and Raymond Stanton, was born on April 7, 1931 in Pocomoke City, Maryland. She was bought to Baltimore, Maryland at a young age. Alverta left left her earthly home to live eternally in her heavenly home, a home free from sickness, pain and sorrow, on February 8, 2020. Alverta was baptized at an early age and gave her life to Christ at the Union Temple Baptist Church. After meeting and marrying her husband, Calvin E. Murrell, to which this union was blessed with two wonderful Children Rodney and Leslie,she wanted her family to worship God together; so in about 1957, she joined Perkins Square Baptist Church with her husband where she studied and praised the Lord until He called her home. Alverta worked in many capacities in Perkins Square. She She was Women's Day Co-Chairperson and General Chairperson, President of the Mass Choir, Church School Teacher, on the Evangelism Team, she sang on many of the choirs, Health Gospel Singers, Director VBS and a member of the Willing Workers. She spent many hours on the Tutoring Committee, chaperoning the children on their many bus trips,to Camp-a-go-go, skating rinks and different activities to help teach them how to have clean-cut fun. She always offered her services wherever she was needed. Alverta received her formal education in Baltimore getting some of her college credits at UMBC through the Upward Mobility Program through the Social Security Administration where she worked for twenty-eight and a half years before retiring. She received many awards and commendations for her exceptional work and jobs well done. One of the many positions she held during her time at SSA was Administrative Supervisor. Her most important accomplishment in her life was her BAC degree (Born Again Christian). She loved singing, bowling and bowled in many of the Bowl-A-Thons held here at the church. Alverta believed in helping others and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Afro American Newspaper for recognition of her Volunteer Service to the Constant Care Community Health Center, Inc. In 1980, she received a certificate of Appreciation from My Sisters Place where she volunteered many hours helping the homeless. She also received many Certificates of Appreciation for her work here at Perkins Square and for the many classes she took to prepare her for the work she did in the church. Alverta had a wide range of interests but wants to be remembered as a true child of God having loved and served Him all her life. She was a loving and caring wife and mother, she loved people and was always smiling and offering kind words about God. Her favorite saying was, "We Walk By Faith Not By Sight". When you told her you loved her, she replied, "I love you more". Her favorite Scripture was Roman 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come. Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Alverta leaves to cherish her memory: her two loving children - son, Rodney Murrell (Rosie) and daughter, Leslie Murrell. She also leaves one sister Ethel Jones, brother-in-law Joshua Carr, two grandchildren Terrell Dache Murrell Sr. and Lamont Hale, three great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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Alverta Murrell

April 7, 1931 - February 8, 2020