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Edith Miles Murphy

11 Oct 1894 – 8 Jul 1964

Birth	11 Oct 1894
Death	8 Jul 1964
Cemetery	Forest Park Cemetery Shreveport , Caddo Parish , Louisiana , USA
Added by	Barbara Coker Roberts on 10 Sep 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203075825

Bio

Mrs. Edith Miles Murphy, of 628 Rutherford St., died at her home at 10:40 p.m. Wednesday. A native of Downsville, Mrs. Murphy had been a resident of Shreveport for 25 years. She was a retired school teacher and had taught at Atkins and Barret Elementary schools. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, an honorary member of Alpha Delta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Iota, honorary teacher's sororities, and the Woman's Department Club. Survivors include six sisters, Mrs. Elmer Roy, Downsville, Mrs. John Mitchell, Jackson, Miss., Mrs. F. K. Ham, Monroe, Mrs. J. L. Wade, Arcadia, and Mrs. Mattie Mimms and Mrs. Ruth Brazzil, both of Shreveport. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Dr. James Middleton, pastor of First Baptist Church, and Dr. W. H. Sims, retired Baptist minister, will officiate. Burial will be in Forest Park. Pallbearers will be Paul Richardson, James Richardson, James Wade, Miles Mims, R. L. Taylor Jr., Miles Murphy, James Sullivan and Alvin Brazzil. Published in The Shreveport Journal (LA), Thursday, July 9, 1964

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Family

Parents

• James Thomas Sidney Miles 1855–1933
• Martha Albritton Miles 1857–1933

Spouse

• Robert Martin Murphy 1889–1960 FaG

Siblings

• Leamon Glover Miles 1879–1940
• James Wilburn Miles 1881–1938
• William Archibald "Archie" Miles 1882–1915
• Miron Miles 1884–1941
• Elma Miles Roye 1885–1983
• Mattie Miles Mims 1887–1964
• Floy Elizabeth Miles RIchardson Ham 1890–1973
• Effie Bell Miles Mitchell 1892–1969
• Ferdie Ethel Miles Wade 1892–1983
• Ruth Miles Brazzil 1898–1993

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