Murphy, Mrs Emma
The Gilmer Daily Mirror Tuesday, April 16, 1935

Funeral Services for Mrs. Murphy

Funeral services were held for Mrs Emma ( Weldon Read ) Murphy 
Thursday, April 11th, at 4:00 p.m., at Shady Grove, Rev. George 
Beawman, officiating.

Death came to her at 1:20 a.m. Thursday morning, April 11th, 
ending a long physical suffering of a soul most beautiful.

She was born June 15, 1871, to Sarah and Green Weldon, a couple 
of pioneer settlers, who came from Georgia and settled about half 
a mile south of Shady Grove where they reared a large family and 
finished their earthly course.

She was married to George W. Read, a native of the same community,
May 18, 1889. To this union was born four girls, three of whom are 
now living, namely, Mrs. Birdie Murphy, Mrs. Ida Belle Calvert and 
Mrs. Addie Lea Inman.

Mr. Read died September 11, 1898, On October 23, 1900, she was 
married to J.G. Murphy, a widower with six children. This union were 
born four children, three daughters, namely, Miss Flora Murphy, Mrs. 
Jimmie Cannon and Mrs. Minnie D. Blackstone, and a son, Weldon Murphy. 
Good health and peace made them a great happy family.

She made a public confession of Christ as her Savior in her early 
womanhood and was a servant for Him the balance of her life.

As a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend she could not be 
excelled. She was humble, kind, gentle, sympathic and everything it 
takes to make a life beautiful and Christ like. If she had enemies, 
she loved them too. Her unselfishness made to her, nothing too good 
for others, yet all was too good for her.

The influence of such a life should exist through generations to come.

[ Emma Lou Weldon was married to George W. Read, son of Mary Ann 
Elizabeth Willingham Read. Emma's sister Dorothy Weldon married George 
Henry Baird, whose daughter Pearl, married Park Willingham. Another 
sister of Emma, Nancy 'Nannie' married 2nd, Dennis Marcus Sansom, son 
of James L. and L. J. Sansom. Emma's 2nd husband, James G. Murphy, had 
a son James A. Murphy from his 1st marriage, that married Ida C. 
Willingham, while another son of James G. Murphy, Wm. E. Murphy, married 
Emma's daughter, Birdie. ]