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Harpeth Hall's Second Headmistress Dies

Idanelle 'Sam' McMurray Created Middle School On Campus

POSTED: 12:54 pm CDT October 30, 2009
UPDATED: 5:36 pm CDT October 30, 2009

Harpeth Hall School is remembering one of its earliest leaders.

Idanelle "Sam" McMurray died at her home in Cookeville over the weekend.

McMurray, who suffered a stroke, was 84.

She was the school's second headmistress. She led the school from 1963 until 1979 and is credited with creating a middle school on the campus.

Harpeth Hall is an all-girls private school in Green Hills.

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