Marcella Claire Crump, 93, died November 14, 2009. A memorial service will be held Friday, November 20 at 11 a.m. in the Trippeer Chapel at Idlewild Presbyterian Church where she had been a member for more than sixty years. Visitation will follow the memorial service in the T. K. Young Room. There will be a private burial at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown at 10 a.m. Friday. She is survived by her beloved nieces and nephews: Bonnie Y. Elam and her husband Tom Elam and Betty Crump Emerson and her husband Gary Emerson; her great-nephew David Wesson Elam; her great-niece Bonnie DeAnne Mangum and her husband Malcolm and their two children Spencer Alexi Mangum and Sarah Anne Mangum; great-nephew, Gary Emerson, Jr. and great-niece Lisa Emerson. She was born in Amory, Mississippi, but her family returned to Memphis soon after that. She attended Rozelle Elementary School, Bellevue Junior High School and Central High School. After graduating from West Tennessee State Teachers College, now the University of Memphis, she began her teaching career at Bellevue Junior High School. She later taught at Central High School and was on the original staff when East High School opened. She received her Master’s Degree from the University of Georgia where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. After receiving her Master’s Degree in Library Science at George Peabody College, she spent a year in Los Alamos, New Mexico as librarian of the High School. She later returned to Central High School to serve as librarian until she retired. She was formerly active in Alpha Lambda Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma and also in the American Association of University Women. She was a grand life master duplicate bridge player. After retiring, she traveled extensively in England, Scotland, Europe, the Scandinavian Countries, Japan, China, Panama, South America and Russia. She enjoyed gardening, was and avid bridge player and reader and did extensive volunteer work. Among her many volunteer projects was The Wonders Series which was very special to her. She organized the volunteers who worked the same shift for many years into a group called the Lunch Bunch who met periodically. In lieu of flowers the family requests any memorials be sent to Idlewild Presbyterian Church, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Youth Villages or a charity of the donor’s choice. Canale Funeral Directors 901-452-6400