UNKNOWN COUNTY OHIO - OBITUARY:  Murray, Laura
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Times-Gazette
June 15, 1998

Laura Murray
   Laura Murray, 96, of Hillsboro, died Friday, June 12, 1998, at the Crestwood Nursing 
Center.
   She was born in Highland County on Oct. 11, 1901, the daughter of Henry J. and 
Amanda (Rhoads) Chaplin.
   She was a member of the Sugar Tree Ridge United Methodist Church and in later years 
attended the Sugar Tree Ridge Church of Christ.
   In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Murray in 
1978; one daughter, Barbara (Murray) Leslie; one son-in-law, Tom Butler; one brother, 
Elmer Chaplin; one sister, Lillian Young; and six grandchildren.
   She is survived by two sons, Russell (Charlotte) Murray Jr. of Lynchburg and Miles 
Murray of Dade City, Fla.; four daughters, Mary Lois Butler of Hillsboro, Eunice (Orval) 
Hawkins of Mowrystown, Esther (Cecil) Storer of Hillsboro, and Noel Ann (C.J.) Moore 
of Sabina; one son-in-law, Bruce Leslie; two brothers, Lowell Chaplin of Xenia and Guy 
Chaplin of New York; two sisters, Blanche Griffith and Marjorie Brown, both of Dayton; 
30 grandchildren; 67 great-grandchildren; 32 great-great-grandchildren; three step 
grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
   Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 16 at 2 p.m. at the Hope Miller-
Thompson Funeral Home in Hillsboro with Jake Copley officiating. Burial will follow in 
the Sugar Tree Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call on today, June 15, from 5 to 8 p.m. at 
the funeral home.
   Memorials may be made to the Sugar Tree Ridge Church of Christ, 2240 state Route 
136, Hillsboro.