David Cornelius "Opa" McMurtry, 93, husband of the late Mildred Murray McMurtry,
died peacefully in his sleep, Thursday, March 13, 2014. A genealogist by hobby and
author of family history books, he recently (2010) wrote and published the history
of Waveland, Home of the Bryans (Waveland Historic Site-Kentucky State Parks). He
retired from the faculty of the University of Kentucky, where he taught Business
Education. He was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the army as a
military Court Reporter at Camp Lee, Virginia. A native of Harrison County,
Kentucky, he was born on November 16, 1920, the son of the late Mary (Ammerman)
McMurtry and David Caldwell McMurtry. He attended elementary and secondary schools
in Harrison County, graduated from Georgetown College, received a Master's degree
from the University of Kentucky and a Doctor of Education degree from the University
of Indiana. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a long-time member of Immanuel Baptist
Church and the Boone Society.

He is survived by: a daughter, Michele Ann McMurtry, and her husband, Timothy
Morgan, Potomac, Maryland; a daughter-in-law, Janice Jones McMurtry (wife of the
late David Murray McMurtry); a granddaughter, Alyson Michele McMurtry; and a
great-granddaughter, Adyson Nicole Reisz, of Lexington; a step-granddaughter, Sibyl
Morgan Smith, and her husband, Darren M. Smith; and three step-great-grandchildren,
Darren McGlohn, Adelaide Jane and Evelyn, of Poquson, Virginia; a step-grandson,
Byron Morgan, and his wife, Katie Morgan, of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Tuesday, April 22, from 1:00 until
2:00 p.m. at Clark Legacy Center, Brannon Crossing. A celebration of life service
will begin at 2:00 p.m. Memorial contributions are suggested to Waveland State
Historic Site, 225 Waveland Museum Lane, Lexington, KY 40514.