The Gilmer Mirror June 23, 1977

Birdie Murphy

Funeral services for Mrs Birdie E. Murphy, 85, of Dallas were 
held Wednesday afternoon, June 18 at Croley Chapel with the 
Rev. George Wilmott officiating. Burial was in the Shady Grove 
Cemetery.

Mrs. Murphy died Tuesday morning, June 14 at Oak Cliff Medical 
and Surgical Hospital in Dallas after a long illness. She had 
been a housewife and had been a resident of Upshur County most 
of her life before moving to Dallas.

She is survived by one son, Jim Read Murphy of Shady Grove; two 
daughters, Mrs. Wilda Harris and Mrs. Virginia Lambert, both of 
Dallas; one brother, Weldon Murphy of Shady Grove; six sisters, 
Mmes. Ida Belle Calvert of Gilmer, Ada Lea Inman and Flora 
Maxfield, both of Tyler, Jimmie Cannon and Gussie McDonald, both 
of Dallas, and Minnie D. Blackstone of Shady Grove; 2 
grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild.

Pallbearers were Joe Jack Lyle, Moody Dacus, Max Blackstone, 
Frank Calvert, Lee Cannon, and Roland Lambert.