March 13, 2019
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Obituary
In Loving Memory
Sybil McMurry
Sybil Mc Murry (Lomax) went home on
March 4, 2019. She was born in Kansas on June
23, 1940 to Floyd Lomax and Myra Wynn. She
moved to Vanport in 1943, leaving the com-
munity just three days before the 1948 Vanport
Flood. She spent the rest of her life in Portland
where she attended Boise and Jefferson High
schools.
Sybil completed an accounting degree at
Western Business College. She interned at the
Bonneville Power Administration and then con-
tinued to work at Bonneville until she retired.
She married Oscar McMurry and raised six
children and a significant number of extended
family children together. Her doors were al-
ways open to family and friends to enjoy times
together, good food, good music, dominoes and
card parties. The gatherings at the Lomax House
were regular occurrences in the neighborhood.
Sybil was spiritual and embraced a belief
which included Islam and Christianity. She ex-
posed all her children to the highest callings
left each to choose their own path. She enjoyed
working in her community and belonged to and
supported many clubs, most memorable was
the Northeast Little League for her five boys,
Blacks in Government, Eastern Star and the Jet
Set Cruiser because Sybil loved to travel.
Sybil was a generous soul, kind, loyal, down
to earth, happy and wise. She shared her wis-
dom with all her children, grandchildren and her
great grandchild. She was preceded in death by
her parents; her brothers Raymond and Eddie
Lomax; her stepmother Jeanette Massey; Rosie
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Sybil is survived by her long time sister in
life Wilma Alcock; bother Abdul Hasan; sis-
ters Saundra, Sharon, Anne, Sylvia Lomax,
and Shirley and Daniel Walters; her children
Perry Lomax, Ahad Hasan, Lelia Lomax Ty-
rone Brown, David Lomax, Oscar McMurry
and Teresa Lomax, daughter In-law; Kathy Pre-
nevost-Hasan, daughter in-law; and a host of
grandchildren and great grandchildren.
A funeral service will take place on Thurs-
day, March 14 at 11 a.m. at St. Luke Memorial
COGIC Church, 2700 N.E. Sumner.
about Saturday Market.
Jeanette’s
cheerfulness,
courage and irrepressible en-
ergy touched many lives. She
was a survivor in the truest
sense of the word and will re-
main a beloved icon of our
community.
A memorial gathering will
be held on Sunday, March 17,
from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
the Subud Center, 3185 N.E.
Regents Dr. Memorial gifts
will be dedicated to the com-
pletion of her book. For more
information, email kristan.
aspen@gmail.com or visit
anewtradition.com/obituar-
ies/obituary/16941_Jeanette_
Spencer.
In Loving
Memory
Jeanette Spencer
Jeanette Spencer, Portland
writer and photographer, died
on Jan. 26 of liver cancer. She
was well known in many com-
munities as an artist, poet and
playwright.
In the 1970s, Jeanette was
a founding vendor of Portland
Saturday Market, where she
sold her Oregon Critters, a
rabbit fur covered “pet rock.”
At the time of her death she
was working on a history book
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