Roscoe Elmer Murphy (1916 - 2011)

Born 16 Jan 1916 in Montrose, WV

Died 9 Aug 2011 at age 95 in Ocala, FL

Biography

Died Y. 9 AUG 2011. Ocala, FL. Age: 95.

Buried Ocala, Florida.

Sources

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  Roscoe Elmer Murphy
  Gender: Male
  Birth: Jan 16 1916 - Montrose, WV
  Death: Aug 9 2011 - Ocala, FL
  Burial: Gilman, WV
  Parents: Edward D. Murphy, Effie Clerinda Murphy (born Yeager)
  Wife: Josephine Murphy (born Phares)
  Siblings: Raymon R Murphy, Walter Ray Murphy, Rita Mae Gates (born Murphy), Iva Murphy, Icie Sturm (born Murphy), William Clare Murphy, Lecia BellGainer (born Murphy), Russell D Murphy

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  Roscoe E. "Rock" Murphy
  Birth: Jan 16 1916
  Death: Aug 9 2011
  Burial: Ocala, Florida
  Notes: ROSCOE E. “ROCK” MURPHY, age 95 years, a former resident of Elkins, WV and more recently a resident of Ocala, FL was called to be with our Lord, Tuesday afternoon, August 9, 2011 at the Hospice of Marion County Legacy House at Ocala, FL.He was born Sunday, January 16, 1916 at Montrose, WV a son of the late Edward and Effie Yeager Murphy. On October 3, 1937 at Oakland, MD he was married to the former Josephine L. “Jo” Phares, and they relocated to Elkins in 1940. Jo preceded him in death February 26, 2009. They had celebrated seventy-two years of marriage. Surviving are one son, Bill Lee Murphy and wife Jan, Navarre, FL; one sister, Rita Gates, Akron, OH; one grandson, Brock Grady Murphy, Birmingham, AL; and several very special nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death are four brothers, Walter C., Russell D., William C. and infant Raymond Murphy and four sisters, Lecia Gainer; Thelma Hanger and twins Icie Sturm and Ivie Funnelman. He was a graduate of Parsons High School with the Class of 1933 and from Davis & Elkins College, where he received his Standard Normal Certificate. He was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U. S. Army, and after his 1945 return to his wife and son in Elkins, he established an insurancebusiness. He had previously taught school for six years, in the one room schools of Randolph County, including Pheasant Run at Kerens, Conrad at Huttonsville and Gainer at Montrose. He later worked four years for Montgomery Ward, the Goodyear Aircraft Company at Akron, OH and last as an insurance agent for Peoples Life Insurance Company and then Nationwide Insurance Company from which he retired after forty-one successful years. He and his wife retired to Ocala, Florida in 1987.He was a member of the H. W. Daniel’s Post # 29, American Legion; the Tygart’s Valley Post # 3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars; was a former member of the Elkins Lions Club, where he was a past president; was a past Assistant Director f...