Rhoda O. Marks Murphy was the youngest of the 10 children of Watts Marks, Jr. and Dosha Delilah Bennett. Her obituary follows:

Mrs. W. F. Murphy
Died Sunday (14 Oct 1947)
(Paragraphs separated by a slash - VPB)

Mrs. W. F. Murphy, 3022 Tolbert Dr., Dallas, died Sunday following an extended illiness. / Funeral services were held Monday, 3 p.m. at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Randell Odom officiating, The Rev. Lacy Kell and the R B. Cooper assisted. / Burial was in Bennett Cemetery, a family plot given by her father (sic - grandfather - VPB), the late W. H. Bennett, and later enlarged by acreage donated by his brothers Hi and Will Bennett, who organized a cemetery association with Mrs. Murphy as the first president. / Mrs. Ethel Glenn sang a solo, Good Morning Up There, accompanied by Mrs. Randall Odom. Mrs. Charles Hood and W. L. Wilkinson sang a duet. / Mrs. Murphy is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Lottie McDaniel, Houston, and Mrs. Othela Taylor, Dallas; three sons: Ewell Murphy, Hardy Murphy, and Charles Murphy, all of Dallas; nine grandchildren; two great grandchildren; a brother, A. M. Marks, Placquemine, La.; and two sisters, Mrs. Sidney Henshaw, Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. J. R. Paschall, Mesquite. / Mrs. Murphy is a descendant from one of the oldest families of Dallas County. When her grandfather William Hardy Bennett came to this section, only five other families were said to be in the county. Among them was the Cole family for which Cole Avenue was named. Mrs. Murphy's mother, Miss Docia Bennett, and her father (sic - should be husband Watts Marks, Jr. - VPB) Watt Marks, were married about the time of the Civil War. Mr. Marks and his father-in-law were said to have gone away together on horse back and four years later returned home on the same horses. / Mrs. Murphy was born January 1, 1884, on the land, formerly owned by her grandfather Bennett, and settled by her parents. Her father died when she was 18 months old from an illness contracted in the war. / She was married to Will F. Murphy June 6, 1901, and the couple continued to live with her mother. Later Mr. Murphy purchased the farm, where they continued to live until her health caused them to sell and move near their children in Urbandale. / Mrs. Murphy fell last December first. A broken hip kept her in a cast and in the hospital. She died Sunday from a stroke. / Mrs. Murphy joined the First Baptist Church in Mesquite under the Rev. Conway. She later transferred her membership to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. / McCullough was in charge of funeral arangements. Pallbearers were her nephews, Cliff Paschall, Jimmie Brisendine, Doc Williams, Maxie Scott, Willie Murphy and Fender Leach of Childress.