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Dorothy Murphy Edwards
2 Sep 1927 – 4 Jun 2016
| Birth | 2 Sep 1927 |
| Death | 4 Jun 2016 |
| Cemetery | Polk Memorial Gardens Columbia , Maury County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | Ron Johnson on 05 Jun 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163957735 |
Bio
Mrs. Dorothy Murphy Edwards, 88, a longtime resident of Hampshire Pike in Mt. Pleasant, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016 at Life Care Center. She was the widow of the late Lucius H. Edwards, Jr, whom she married on December 24, 1948. The Maury County native was the daughter of the late Clarence Hayes Murphy and Kate King Murphy. She was a graduate of Hay Long High School and retired from Stauffer Chemical Company. Mrs. Edwards was a member of Locust Street church of Christ. The family will celebrate her life Tuesday June 7th, with a service in the Arbors at Polk Memorial Gardens, beginning at 10 am. The family will receive friends beginning at 9:30 am in the Arbors. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. Survivors include one son: Hendley (Beverly) Edwards of Mt. Pleasant; two grandchildren: Lauren (Eric) Dial of Columbia and Luc H. Edwards IV of Mt. Pleasant and great grandchild Ava C. Dial, of Columbia. She was preceded in death by sisters Martha Hayes Murphy, Kathryn M. Edwards, Carolyn M. Douglas, Sara Ellen Murphy, and Anne M. Gibson. Memorials can be made to the Mt. Pleasant FFA Chapter on behalf of the "Belief in Agriculture" Award, 600 Greenwood St, Mt Pleasant, TN 38474 or to the Mt. Pleasant Senior Center, 501 Gray Lane, Mt. Pleasant, TN 38474. Active pallbearers will be nephews: Johnny Edwards, David Edwards, Neil Gibson, Jerry Douglas, William Edwards, Harry Edwards, Jr., Paul Edwards, Danny Douglas, John Edwards and Eric Dial, Mike Flynt and Hal Brown. Honorary Pallbearers: Elders, Preachers, and members of the Locust Street church of Christ, Wayne Hardison, Glen Kinnard, Danny Conner, George Roger Gilliam, Teresa Nichols, Brenda Lynn Allen, Christine Pullen and ASU caregivers of Life Care. Williams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. You may express your condolences to the family at www.williamsfh.com. --- 1930 Census, taken 3 Apr 1930, has Clarence H Murphy, 38, proprietor of a transfer business, married at 24 to Hattie K, 34, married at 20, living in 7th Civil District, Maury County, TN. Children are: Mary K, f, 9; Annie M, f, 6; Sara E, f, 4y 2m; and Dorothy L, f, 2y 6m. 1940 Census, taken 19 Apr 1940, has Clarence H Murphy, 48, operator of a transfer business, married to Catherine, 44, living in Mount Pleasant, Maury County, TN. Children are: Ann M, f, 16; Sara E, f, 14; Dorothy L, f, 12; and Carolyn H, f, 6. Tennessee Marriage Records have Lucius H Edwards, 34, born 2 Sep 1914, and Dorothy Murphy, 21, born 2 Sep 1927, both from Mt Pleasant, TN, married on 24 Dec 1948 in Maury County. US Public Record sIndex has Dorothy Edwards, born 2 Sep 1927, living in Mt Pleasant, TN in 1996.
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- Martha Hayes Murphy 1917–1923
- Mary Katheryn Murphy Edwards 1920–1994
- Anne Marie Murphy Gibson 1923–2012
- Sarah Ellen Murphy 1926–2006
- Carolyn Hayes Murphy Douglas 1933–2012
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