Beckham County, OK - Obits:  William Alexander Murphy, 1865-1919
Wednesday, January 20, 1999

Submitted by:  permey@aol.com  (Paula S. Ermey)
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 A pioneer resident of this section and probably one of the
best known residents of the county died at his home, on the farm
northwest of the city on Sunday after an illness covering several months.
Mr. Murphy suffered an attack of rhematism which left him with heart
trouble. Last winter he took the flu and while he was up and able to be
around during the spring still, this further aggravated the heart trouble
and for some months past he has been in a critical condition and his
death did not thus come as a surprise.

 The funeral services were held at Lone Oak Church at 11:00 a.m. on
Monday and was conducted by the Sayre Masonic Lodge of which Mr. Murphy
had been a member for many years. Interment was in the Lone Oak Cemetery.
As a pioneer resident of the section northwest of this city, Mr. Murphy
erected the Murphy gin, nine miles northwest and which still bears his
name although owned by G.L. Davis(?) at the present time. When Beckham
County was organized, Mr. Murphy was elected this county's first county
Treasurer and served two terms with entire satisfaction to the people of
the county. Bud Murphy, as he was nick-named by his friends was among the
best known men of the county, he being of the genial nature which makes
and holds the friendship of the vast majority of the American people. In
public affairs

 he proved his honesty, and was highly respected by every man or woman
who knew him. Generous and liberal to a fault, there are hundreds of
people among the earlier settlers of this section and many among the
later arrivals who have received assistance at his hands in their needs,
and for us to say....(not finished)