Cora Lee (Wells) McGrew

Mrs. Cora Lee McGrew, 73, of New Market, Alabama, formerly of Inglewood, California, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 19, 2016.  

Mrs. McGrew was a Custodial Officer working in booking with the Inglewood Police Department for 16 years before moving to Alabama to be with her daughter.  She was a Christian, a member of the Baptist church, and had a deep love for the Lord. Cora was a loving mother to her three children and she raised them to love the Lord as well.  

She was preceded in death by her parents, Levy Wells and Eula Mae Head Wells;  Her sisters, Mamie Ingram and Hattie B. Graham; and her husband, James E. McGrew.

She is survived by her daughters, Felicia Chavis and her husband, Coby of Compton, California and Linda Toney of New Market, Alabama;  Her son, Edward McGrew of Los Angeles, California;  Her grandchildren: Gabrielle Toney, Ashton Toney, Donovan Chavis, Kathy Chavis, and Makeda McGrew; Her great-grandson, Donovan Chavis Jr.;  Her sisters, Ann Powell of Chicago, Illinois, Carrie Washington of Seattle, Washington, Freddie Pippen of Birmingham, Alabama, and Joann Messenger of Gardena, California.  Her nieces, Shelia, Nikki, Cynthia, and Debra;  Her nephew, David, and a host of other family and friends.

The family will receive friends on Thursday from 12pm until 2pm at Hazel Green Funeral Home.  A Celebration of Life will follow at 2pm at the funeral home.  

Mrs. McGrew's favorite passage of scripture was Psalm 91:  

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Hazel Green Funeral Home is honored to serve the family. 

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