A service celebrating the life of D.J. Murphy, 90, of Round Rock, Texas, is set for 10 a.m. Saturday morning, June 3, at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll and Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home Friday night 7 to 8 p.m.
He was born May 1, 1916, in Gainesville, Texas, to Jim and Mayrena Murphy. He was called home by his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. There has never been a man more loved and revered by his children than D.J. Murphy.
A graduate of Gainesville public schools, Mr. Murphy began his career in the lumber business in 1936 in Denton as a bookkeeper at Waples-Painter Company, a pioneer lumber and building materials firm operating lumberyards in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Less than 20 years later, he became president of the company as well as general manager of the Gainesville yard. A self-taught architect, he designed many homes in the Gainesville area. He retired in 1981, after 45 years in the lumber business.
Mr. Murphy was actively involved in a number of civic organizations during the many years he lived in Gainesville. He was a lifelong Kiwanian who at one time or another held every office in the Gainesville club. As a younger man he was very active in the Jaycees, and was a long-time leader in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as scoutmaster for two different troops during the 1940s and 1950s. An ardent supporter of the arts, he served on the board of Gainesville's Community Concert chapter for three terms and was instrumental in arranging local concerts by several world famous singers, pianists, and other instrumentalists. Mr. Murphy was also a member of the civic chorus, and served his community as a member of the tax appraisal board.
D.J. Murphy had many interests. In addition to music, he particularly loved the visual arts, books, gardening, and sports. He painted numerous pictures for family members and friends, wrote an autobiography "I Seldom Sang for My Son" (1996), planted and cultivated roses, and saw more Rangers baseball games than anybody except the club owner. He was also an unbeatable Scrabble player, and constructed more than 200 crossword puzzles, many of them published by Dell Magazines.
Mr. Murphy was a devout Christian who not only talked the talk but walked the walk. He faithfully served at Westminster Presbyterian Church for over 45 years in various roles including Men's Sunday School Class teacher, choir director, deacon, and elder. He loved singing, and he sang many solos at his church and elsewhere into his 80s. He was a godly man and was respected and admired by all who knew him well. In his own words: "Death of our mortal bodies is as certain as the rotation of the earth from night to catch the morning sun. It's the process we must go through to receive what God had in mind for us from all eternity. We do not sorrow as those who have no hope."
Surviving to cherish memories of him are his son and daughter-in-law, Dennis ("Tunky") and Nodie Murphy, who lovingly shared their home in Round Rock with him for the past three years; daughter, Marita Murphy of Austin; sister, Loveta Sewell of Seattle, Washington; sister-in-law, Doris Murphy of Sun City, Ari.; grandsons, Seth and Ned Murphy and Bart and Bret Williams; granddaughter and husband, Sarah and Larbi Sennour. Great grandchildren are Randy and Dehbia Sennour.
Mr. Murphy was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Mary Barton Murphy; his sister, Dorothy Horton; and his brother, Ralph Murphy.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church (315 East Scott Street; Gainesville), the Wycliffe Bible Translators (P.O. Box 628200; Orlando, FL 32862-8200), or Hospice Austin (4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100; Austin, TX 78759).
He was born May 1, 1916, in Gainesville, Texas, to Jim and Mayrena Murphy. He was called home by his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. There has never been a man more loved and revered by his children than D.J. Murphy.
A graduate of Gainesville public schools, Mr. Murphy began his career in the lumber business in 1936 in Denton as a bookkeeper at Waples-Painter Company, a pioneer lumber and building materials firm operating lumberyards in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Less than 20 years later, he became president of the company as well as general manager of the Gainesville yard. A self-taught architect, he designed many homes in the Gainesville area. He retired in 1981, after 45 years in the lumber business.
Mr. Murphy was actively involved in a number of civic organizations during the many years he lived in Gainesville. He was a lifelong Kiwanian who at one time or another held every office in the Gainesville club. As a younger man he was very active in the Jaycees, and was a long-time leader in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as scoutmaster for two different troops during the 1940s and 1950s. An ardent supporter of the arts, he served on the board of Gainesville's Community Concert chapter for three terms and was instrumental in arranging local concerts by several world famous singers, pianists, and other instrumentalists. Mr. Murphy was also a member of the civic chorus, and served his community as a member of the tax appraisal board.
D.J. Murphy had many interests. In addition to music, he particularly loved the visual arts, books, gardening, and sports. He painted numerous pictures for family members and friends, wrote an autobiography "I Seldom Sang for My Son" (1996), planted and cultivated roses, and saw more Rangers baseball games than anybody except the club owner. He was also an unbeatable Scrabble player, and constructed more than 200 crossword puzzles, many of them published by Dell Magazines.
Mr. Murphy was a devout Christian who not only talked the talk but walked the walk. He faithfully served at Westminster Presbyterian Church for over 45 years in various roles including Men's Sunday School Class teacher, choir director, deacon, and elder. He loved singing, and he sang many solos at his church and elsewhere into his 80s. He was a godly man and was respected and admired by all who knew him well. In his own words: "Death of our mortal bodies is as certain as the rotation of the earth from night to catch the morning sun. It's the process we must go through to receive what God had in mind for us from all eternity. We do not sorrow as those who have no hope."
Surviving to cherish memories of him are his son and daughter-in-law, Dennis ("Tunky") and Nodie Murphy, who lovingly shared their home in Round Rock with him for the past three years; daughter, Marita Murphy of Austin; sister, Loveta Sewell of Seattle, Washington; sister-in-law, Doris Murphy of Sun City, Ari.; grandsons, Seth and Ned Murphy and Bart and Bret Williams; granddaughter and husband, Sarah and Larbi Sennour. Great grandchildren are Randy and Dehbia Sennour.
Mr. Murphy was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Mary Barton Murphy; his sister, Dorothy Horton; and his brother, Ralph Murphy.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church (315 East Scott Street; Gainesville), the Wycliffe Bible Translators (P.O. Box 628200; Orlando, FL 32862-8200), or Hospice Austin (4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100; Austin, TX 78759).
A service celebrating the life of D.J. Murphy, 90, of Round Rock, Texas, is set for 10 a.m. Saturday morning, June 3, at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll and Son Funeral Home. Visitation will be at the funeral home Friday night 7 to 8 p.m.
He was born May 1, 1916, in Gainesville, Texas, to Jim and Mayrena Murphy. He was called home by his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. There has never been a man more loved and revered by his children than D.J. Murphy.
A graduate of Gainesville public schools, Mr. Murphy began his career in the lumber business in 1936 in Denton as a bookkeeper at Waples-Painter Company, a pioneer lumber and building materials firm operating lumberyards in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Less than 20 years later, he became president of the company as well as general manager of the Gainesville yard. A self-taught architect, he designed many homes in the Gainesville area. He retired in 1981, after 45 years in the lumber business.
Mr. Murphy was actively involved in a number of civic organizations during the many years he lived in Gainesville. He was a lifelong Kiwanian who at one time or another held every office in the Gainesville club. As a younger man he was very active in the Jaycees, and was a long-time leader in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as scoutmaster for two different troops during the 1940s and 1950s. An ardent supporter of the arts, he served on the board of Gainesville's Community Concert chapter for three terms and was instrumental in arranging local concerts by several world famous singers, pianists, and other instrumentalists. Mr. Murphy was also a member of the civic chorus, and served his community as a member of the tax appraisal board.
D.J. Murphy had many interests. In addition to music, he particularly loved the visual arts, books, gardening, and sports. He painted numerous pictures for family members and friends, wrote an autobiography "I Seldom Sang for My Son" (1996), planted and cultivated roses, and saw more Rangers baseball games than anybody except the club owner. He was also an unbeatable Scrabble player, and constructed more than 200 crossword puzzles, many of them published by Dell Magazines.
Mr. Murphy was a devout Christian who not only talked the talk but walked the walk. He faithfully served at Westminster Presbyterian Church for over 45 years in various roles including Men's Sunday School Class teacher, choir director, deacon, and elder. He loved singing, and he sang many solos at his church and elsewhere into his 80s. He was a godly man and was respected and admired by all who knew him well. In his own words: "Death of our mortal bodies is as certain as the rotation of the earth from night to catch the morning sun. It's the process we must go through to receive what God had in mind for us from all eternity. We do not sorrow as those who have no hope."
Surviving to cherish memories of him are his son and daughter-in-law, Dennis ("Tunky") and Nodie Murphy, who lovingly shared their home in Round Rock with him for the past three years; daughter, Marita Murphy of Austin; sister, Loveta Sewell of Seattle, Washington; sister-in-law, Doris Murphy of Sun City, Ari.; grandsons, Seth and Ned Murphy and Bart and Bret Williams; granddaughter and husband, Sarah and Larbi Sennour. Great grandchildren are Randy and Dehbia Sennour.
Mr. Murphy was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Mary Barton Murphy; his sister, Dorothy Horton; and his brother, Ralph Murphy.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church (315 East Scott Street; Gainesville), the Wycliffe Bible Translators (P.O. Box 628200; Orlando, FL 32862-8200), or Hospice Austin (4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100; Austin, TX 78759).
He was born May 1, 1916, in Gainesville, Texas, to Jim and Mayrena Murphy. He was called home by his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 31, 2006. There has never been a man more loved and revered by his children than D.J. Murphy.
A graduate of Gainesville public schools, Mr. Murphy began his career in the lumber business in 1936 in Denton as a bookkeeper at Waples-Painter Company, a pioneer lumber and building materials firm operating lumberyards in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Less than 20 years later, he became president of the company as well as general manager of the Gainesville yard. A self-taught architect, he designed many homes in the Gainesville area. He retired in 1981, after 45 years in the lumber business.
Mr. Murphy was actively involved in a number of civic organizations during the many years he lived in Gainesville. He was a lifelong Kiwanian who at one time or another held every office in the Gainesville club. As a younger man he was very active in the Jaycees, and was a long-time leader in the Boy Scouts of America, serving as scoutmaster for two different troops during the 1940s and 1950s. An ardent supporter of the arts, he served on the board of Gainesville's Community Concert chapter for three terms and was instrumental in arranging local concerts by several world famous singers, pianists, and other instrumentalists. Mr. Murphy was also a member of the civic chorus, and served his community as a member of the tax appraisal board.
D.J. Murphy had many interests. In addition to music, he particularly loved the visual arts, books, gardening, and sports. He painted numerous pictures for family members and friends, wrote an autobiography "I Seldom Sang for My Son" (1996), planted and cultivated roses, and saw more Rangers baseball games than anybody except the club owner. He was also an unbeatable Scrabble player, and constructed more than 200 crossword puzzles, many of them published by Dell Magazines.
Mr. Murphy was a devout Christian who not only talked the talk but walked the walk. He faithfully served at Westminster Presbyterian Church for over 45 years in various roles including Men's Sunday School Class teacher, choir director, deacon, and elder. He loved singing, and he sang many solos at his church and elsewhere into his 80s. He was a godly man and was respected and admired by all who knew him well. In his own words: "Death of our mortal bodies is as certain as the rotation of the earth from night to catch the morning sun. It's the process we must go through to receive what God had in mind for us from all eternity. We do not sorrow as those who have no hope."
Surviving to cherish memories of him are his son and daughter-in-law, Dennis ("Tunky") and Nodie Murphy, who lovingly shared their home in Round Rock with him for the past three years; daughter, Marita Murphy of Austin; sister, Loveta Sewell of Seattle, Washington; sister-in-law, Doris Murphy of Sun City, Ari.; grandsons, Seth and Ned Murphy and Bart and Bret Williams; granddaughter and husband, Sarah and Larbi Sennour. Great grandchildren are Randy and Dehbia Sennour.
Mr. Murphy was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Mary Barton Murphy; his sister, Dorothy Horton; and his brother, Ralph Murphy.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church (315 East Scott Street; Gainesville), the Wycliffe Bible Translators (P.O. Box 628200; Orlando, FL 32862-8200), or Hospice Austin (4107 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 100; Austin, TX 78759).
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