Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Murphy, Charles C., 1966 

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THE HISTORY OF THE ROCKY HOCK CHURCH PEWS - 
   GIVEN BY FAMILY OF CHARLIE AND ESSIE KATE RICHARDSON MURPHY 

  Charlie Murphy (1895 - 1966) was a lifelong member of Rocky Hock Church. 
He was a farmer by profession.  He served in the U.S. Army in World War I. 
In fact, he was on a troop ship crossing the Atlantic heading for Europe 
when halfway through the ocean journey, the ship received word that the War 
had ended.  The troop ship was redirected and headed back to the United 
States.  The family home where he resided is unique because it straddles 
the Sussex County line and the Surry County line.  Rocky Hock Road (Sussex 
County) and White Marsh Road (Surry County) meet at this same place!  In 
essence he ate in one county and slept in another! 

  In 1919 he married Essie Kate Richardson (1895 - 1998), who lived to be 
102 years old!  Charlie and Essie were married 53 years and had three 
children - Frank, Rebecca and Randolph "Tuck."  Essie was also a member of 
Rocky Hock Church.  Both are buried in Wakefield Cemetery. 

  Thanks to Randolph and Dolly Murphy for the information and picture. 


"Charlie" Charles Cephas MURPHY, farmer, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 27 Sep 1895, Sussex Co., d. 10 Sep 1966, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 
Rocky Hock Church memorial 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

A photo of his gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #127987129. 

Essie's obit ("Daily Press," Jan. 5, 1998, p. 12) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/m610e2ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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