Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murphy, Joseph B., 1976 

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JOSEPH BAILEY MURPHY 

J.B. MURPHY 

  WAKEFIELD - Joseph Bailey Murphy, 76, died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial 
Hospital. 

  A life-long resident and farmer of Surry County, he was a member of Rocky 
Hock United Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Doris Brittle Murphy; two daughters, Mrs. 
Nell Murphy Goodrich of Battery Park and Mrs. Harris C. Presson of Wakefield; 
a son, Stanley C. Murphy of Wakefield; a sister, Mrs. Gladys Hershey of 
Petersburg; two brothers, R. Lee Murphy of Wakefield and Guy W. Murphy of 
Cheverly, Md.; 11 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. Floyd A. Duncan and the Rev. L.P. Bland. 

  Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery. 

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Ivor Rescue Squad. 

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JOSEPH BAILEY MURPHY  

J.B. MURPHY 

  WAKEFIELD - A funeral for Joseph Bailey Murphy, who died Friday, will be 
held at 2:30 p.m. today in Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield.  Burial will be 
in Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery. 

  The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Ivor Rescue Squad. 

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JOSEPH BAILEY MURPHY 

  WAKEFIELD - Joseph Bailey Murphy, 76, the husband of Mrs. Doris Brittle 
Murphy, died Friday in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. 

  A native of Surry County, he was a life-long farmer.  He was a member of 
Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. 

  Other survivors include a son, Stanley C. Murphy of Wakefield; two 
daughters, Mrs. Harris C. Presson of Wakefield and Mrs. Nell Murphy Goodrich 
of Battery Park; a sister, Mrs. Gladys Hurshey of Petersburg; two brothers, R. 
Lee Murphy of Wakefield and G.W. Murphy of Cheverley, Md.; 11 grandchildren; 
and 11 great-grandchildren. 

  A funeral will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel, 
Wakefield, by the Rev. Floyd A. Duncan and the Rev. L.P. Bland.  Burial will 
be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery.  The family suggests memorials to the Ivor 
Rescue Squad. 


Joseph Bailey "Dollbaby" MURPHY, farmer, 
b. 12 Feb 1900, Sussex* Co., d. 17 Dec 1976, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 77**), Surry Co., 
   19 Dec 1976, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 18, 1976, p. 23; 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Dec. 19, 1976, p. 6; 
donated obit, publication unknown 

**Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

His maternal grandparents, Joseph H. & Dorthula Ann (HART) BAILEY, 
   are buried in Plot 34. 

His widowed mother, "Pattie" Martha Elizabeth (BAILEY; Mrs. William Winfield) 
   MURPHY {1873 - 1923}, 2m. Gus HARGRAVE.  She may be are buried there. 
   D.Cert. 9079 (Wakefield #9) gives buried in Surry Co. 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137183762. 

*His WW-II draft registration gives b. Surry Co. 

His widow's obit ("Daily Press," Sep. 15, 1993, p. 23) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/m610d2ob.txt 

His father d. between 1900 & 1910.  His parents, George N. & Mary R. (COLE) 
   MURPHY, m. 1841, in Sussex Co. 


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