Created August 27, 2018
In Memory
- This eternal flame burns forever
- in remembrance of James F. Murphee
James F. "Murph" Murphree
June 13, 1939 - April
21, 2019
James F. “Murph” Murphree, age 79, of Russellville,
slipped his lines at the pier of life this past
Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019, and set sail on
his final and eternal patrol.
He was born
on June 13, 1939, in Lambert, Mississippi, to Clyde and Glennie Busby Murphree.
James was a proud graduate of Central High
School and Arkansas Tech University. He served in
the United States
Navy from 1957 to 1976, starting out as a radio man and retiring as a
CWO2. A loyal friend, shipmate, and a fierce
patriot, Murph will be remembered with great
affection by all who
served with him. After retiring in 1976,
he worked at Arkansas Nuclear One
from 1976 to
1999. He and Bettye Jo then moved to Florida for 12 years before
returning to
Russellville
to be close to family.
He was a
member of St. John’s Catholic Church and a Fourth-Degree member of council 6398
of the Knights of
Columbus. He was a devoted husband for 61 years to Bettye Jo “Bejo”
Murphree; a loving father, brother,
papa, and big papa to his family that will miss him dearly.
He is preceded
in death by his parents, Clyde and Glennie Murphree;
two brothers; and one sister.
He is
survived by his loving wife, Bettye Jo; three daughters, Rhonda (Bill) Orsburn, Pam (Jen)
Freeman, and
Marianne (Pete) Apple; six grandchildren, Preston (Heather) Freeman, Emily
(Nathan) Grifford, Sarah (Brandon) Holland, Ashley (Sam) McClain,
Lauren (Daniel) Kendall,
and Lee (Ali)
Burris; 14 great grandchildren; one brother, Johnny Murphree;
and two sisters,
Nancy Rose
and Betty Wierman.
The funeral service
will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2019, at St. John’s Catholic Church
with Father Jack
Sidler officiating. Burial will follow at Rest
Haven Memorial Park under the
direction of Shinn
Funeral Service.
The family
will receive friends on Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., with Rosary starting
at
6:00 p.m., at the funeral home.
Pallbearers
are Bill Orsburn, Pete Apple, Lee Burris, Preston
Freeman, James Freeman,
Jim Tarvin,
and Johnny Murphree.
Honorary
Pallbearers are his fellow shipmates from the United States Navy, beloved
co-workers
from Arkansas
Nuclear One, and his brothers in the Knights of Columbus.
The online
obituary and guestbook are available at www.shinnfuneral.com.
Though He's gone, He is not forgotten.
Though absent, He remains in spirit.
Though once a worker, He now rest.
by The Arkansas Good Sams
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