Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Bertha May Murphy

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond

The Stanberry Headlight, Gentry County, Missouri, Thursday, February 1, 1962, front page:
Rites for Mrs. Bertha Murphy: Final services were held Sunday afternoon  in
the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel For Mrs. Bertha May Murphy, 82, a  lifelong
resident of Gentry county, who was taken by death Saturday in  a  Stanberry
rest home.

The rites were conducted by the Rev. Charles E.  Chandler,  pastor  of  the
Stanberry Christian church, and burial was in High Ridge cemetery.

Survivors include two sons, Lowell  Murphy,  Bethany,  and  Laurel  Murphy,
Stanberry; a brother, Frank Edwards, Sheridan, Mo.; three grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Murphy, daughter of the late Thomas Marion and Lydia Edwards, was born
Oct. 4, 1879, in Gentry county. She and the late John S. Murphy were united
in marriage on Nov. 14, 1909, in Alanthus.

They made their home in the Black  Oak  and  Enyart  communities  for  many
years. Mr. Murphy preceded her in death Feb. 10, 1961. She was a member  of
the Stanberry Christian church.