Ursula Pruitt Murrell received a BA and MA in education from USC and was a music teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for 30 years. A member of several civic, cultural and charitable organizations, she was known for her involvement in civic work. Ursula and Cecil Murrell on their wedding day, seated at table between an unidentified man and woman, with Drs. Vada and John Somerville standing behind them, in the Somerville home. This is the house 2401 Harvard Blvd. where the Somervilles lived from 1944 to 1950/51. Cecil B. Murrell was a graduate of UCLA and Hastings Law School. His memberships included the LA Chamber of Commerce, the Urban League and NAACP (lifetime). He served as hearing officer for the Police Commission for eight years. He worked in real estate sales in as a real estate investment counselor. He was known for his dedication to civic affairs and received several humanitarian awards.
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African American couples African American civic leaders African American music teachers Weddings African American businesspeople Murrell, Ursula Pruitt, 1905-1995 Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972 Murrell, Cecil Boyd, 1908-1982 Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973
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