ELZORIA SCUDDER WAS BORN ON MARCH 12, 1945, IN CALERA, ALABAMA, TO THE LATE ANNIE MAE WIGGINS (TRANHOLM) AND ADOPTED BY THE LATE EDDIE F. TRANHOLM SR. A PROUD GRADUATE OF PRENTICE HIGH SCHOOL, ELZORIA MOVED TO NEW YORK IN 1963 TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION AND PURSUE HER DREAMS. SHE MARRIED THE LATE ALEXANDER SCUDDER. ELZORIA DEDICATED MANY YEARS TO HER CAREER AT LETCHWORTH VILLAGE IN THIELLS, NY, WHERE SHE RETIRED AFTER MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE SHE SERVED. HER FAITH WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HER LIFE; SHE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, SERVING AS A MISSIONARY AND USHER UNTIL HER RELOCATION BACK TO CALERA, ALABAMA, IN 2014. THERE, SHE BECAME A VALUED MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WILTON, ALABAMA, UNTIL HER PASSING. ELZORIA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED SON, CHRISTOPHER SCUDDER, AND HER SISTER, TERRY LAVARNE TRANHOLM. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS BERTHA TORRES, ZAKIE MCDUFFIE, LINDA (TERRY) TRANHOLM-POMPEY, EDDIE FRANK (CRYSTAL) TRANHOLM JR.; DAUGHTER, ADRIANE SCUDDER; SON, JAMES TYRELL DANIELS; GRANDCHILDREN, SHALISHA MAE (VAUGHN) BROWN, PATRICIA DANIELS, AND JAMES T. DENIALS JR.; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, VAUGHN A. BROWN JR. AND SYDNEY MORIAH BROWN; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND COUSINS. ELZORIA WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER UNWAVERING FAITH, KINDNESS, AND THE PROFOUND LOVE SHE SHARED WITH HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. HER LEGACY OF STRENGTH AND DEVOTION WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ALL WHO KNEW HER. ELZORIA SCUDDER WAS BORN ON MARCH 12, 1945, IN CALERA, ALABAMA, TO THE LATE ANNIE MAE WIGGINS (TRANHOLM) AND ADOPTED BY THE LATE EDDIE F. TRANHOLM SR. A PROUD GRADUATE OF PRENTICE HIGH SCHOOL, ELZORIA MOVED TO NEW YORK IN 1963 TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION AND PURSUE HER DREAMS. SHE MARRIED THE LATE ALEXANDER SCUDDER. ELZORIA DEDICATED MANY YEARS TO HER CAREER AT LETCHWORTH VILLAGE IN THIELLS, NY, WHERE SHE RETIRED AFTER MAKING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE SHE SERVED. HER FAITH WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HER LIFE; SHE WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, SERVING AS A MISSIONARY AND USHER UNTIL HER RELOCATION BACK TO CALERA, ALABAMA, IN 2014. THERE, SHE BECAME A VALUED MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN WILTON, ALABAMA, UNTIL HER PASSING. ELZORIA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BELOVED SON, CHRISTOPHER SCUDDER, AND HER SISTER, TERRY LAVARNE TRANHOLM. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS BERTHA TORRES, ZAKIE MCDUFFIE, LINDA (TERRY) TRANHOLM-POMPEY, EDDIE FRANK (CRYSTAL) TRANHOLM JR.; DAUGHTER, ADRIANE SCUDDER; SON, JAMES TYRELL DANIELS; GRANDCHILDREN, SHALISHA MAE (VAUGHN) BROWN, PATRICIA DANIELS, AND JAMES T. DENIALS JR.; GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, VAUGHN A. BROWN JR. AND SYDNEY MORIAH BROWN; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND COUSINS. ELZORIA WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER UNWAVERING FAITH, KINDNESS, AND THE PROFOUND LOVE SHE SHARED WITH HER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. HER LEGACY OF STRENGTH AND DEVOTION WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ALL WHO KNEW HER.