William Charlie was the son of William Edward Murphy Jr and his wife Emily "Emma" Frances Chappell. He was born in old Princess Anne County which is now the city of Virginia Beach. He had 6 brothers, Leonard Edward, Fletcher Royal, Garland, Lonnie Lee, Sandy Washington, James Anderson and one sister, Mae M Murphy, who married William Lyndon Whitehurst.
He married first Louise May "Ella" Ewell who was the mother of his four children, Elmer C., William C. Jr., Nathaniel Albert and Ervin Thomas. He married second to Sadie Flora.
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W. C. Murphy, Rail Express Veteran, Dies
NORFOLK - William Charlie Murphy Sr, 71, of 6400 Granby St., veteran of 32 years with the Railway Express Agency at retirement in 1958, died Tuesday at 1 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital.
A native of Back Bay, he lived in this area all his life. He was the husband of Mrs. Sadie Flora Murphy and a son of David (sic) and Mrs. Emily Chappell Murphy.
He was a member of Epworth Methodist Church and its Wesleymen's Class; Naomi Lodge 87, AF&AM; and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks.
Besides his widow, surviving are four sons, William C. Murphy Jr. of Baltimore, Ervin T. Murphy Sr. of Norfolk, MSgt. Nathaniel Albert Murphy, USA, and Elmer C. Murphy of Norfolk; one sister, Mrs. Mae Whitehurst of Norfolk; three brothers, Fletcher R. Murphy of Woodbridge, Lonnie L. Murphy of Back Bay and Garland Murphy of Baltimore; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m. with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The Virginian Pilot Wednesday March 8, 1961
He married first Louise May "Ella" Ewell who was the mother of his four children, Elmer C., William C. Jr., Nathaniel Albert and Ervin Thomas. He married second to Sadie Flora.
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W. C. Murphy, Rail Express Veteran, Dies
NORFOLK - William Charlie Murphy Sr, 71, of 6400 Granby St., veteran of 32 years with the Railway Express Agency at retirement in 1958, died Tuesday at 1 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital.
A native of Back Bay, he lived in this area all his life. He was the husband of Mrs. Sadie Flora Murphy and a son of David (sic) and Mrs. Emily Chappell Murphy.
He was a member of Epworth Methodist Church and its Wesleymen's Class; Naomi Lodge 87, AF&AM; and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks.
Besides his widow, surviving are four sons, William C. Murphy Jr. of Baltimore, Ervin T. Murphy Sr. of Norfolk, MSgt. Nathaniel Albert Murphy, USA, and Elmer C. Murphy of Norfolk; one sister, Mrs. Mae Whitehurst of Norfolk; three brothers, Fletcher R. Murphy of Woodbridge, Lonnie L. Murphy of Back Bay and Garland Murphy of Baltimore; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m. with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The Virginian Pilot Wednesday March 8, 1961
William Charlie was the son of William Edward Murphy Jr and his wife Emily "Emma" Frances Chappell. He was born in old Princess Anne County which is now the city of Virginia Beach. He had 6 brothers, Leonard Edward, Fletcher Royal, Garland, Lonnie Lee, Sandy Washington, James Anderson and one sister, Mae M Murphy, who married William Lyndon Whitehurst.
He married first Louise May "Ella" Ewell who was the mother of his four children, Elmer C., William C. Jr., Nathaniel Albert and Ervin Thomas. He married second to Sadie Flora.
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W. C. Murphy, Rail Express Veteran, Dies
NORFOLK - William Charlie Murphy Sr, 71, of 6400 Granby St., veteran of 32 years with the Railway Express Agency at retirement in 1958, died Tuesday at 1 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital.
A native of Back Bay, he lived in this area all his life. He was the husband of Mrs. Sadie Flora Murphy and a son of David (sic) and Mrs. Emily Chappell Murphy.
He was a member of Epworth Methodist Church and its Wesleymen's Class; Naomi Lodge 87, AF&AM; and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks.
Besides his widow, surviving are four sons, William C. Murphy Jr. of Baltimore, Ervin T. Murphy Sr. of Norfolk, MSgt. Nathaniel Albert Murphy, USA, and Elmer C. Murphy of Norfolk; one sister, Mrs. Mae Whitehurst of Norfolk; three brothers, Fletcher R. Murphy of Woodbridge, Lonnie L. Murphy of Back Bay and Garland Murphy of Baltimore; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m. with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The Virginian Pilot Wednesday March 8, 1961
He married first Louise May "Ella" Ewell who was the mother of his four children, Elmer C., William C. Jr., Nathaniel Albert and Ervin Thomas. He married second to Sadie Flora.
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W. C. Murphy, Rail Express Veteran, Dies
NORFOLK - William Charlie Murphy Sr, 71, of 6400 Granby St., veteran of 32 years with the Railway Express Agency at retirement in 1958, died Tuesday at 1 a.m. in a Norfolk hospital.
A native of Back Bay, he lived in this area all his life. He was the husband of Mrs. Sadie Flora Murphy and a son of David (sic) and Mrs. Emily Chappell Murphy.
He was a member of Epworth Methodist Church and its Wesleymen's Class; Naomi Lodge 87, AF&AM; and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks.
Besides his widow, surviving are four sons, William C. Murphy Jr. of Baltimore, Ervin T. Murphy Sr. of Norfolk, MSgt. Nathaniel Albert Murphy, USA, and Elmer C. Murphy of Norfolk; one sister, Mrs. Mae Whitehurst of Norfolk; three brothers, Fletcher R. Murphy of Woodbridge, Lonnie L. Murphy of Back Bay and Garland Murphy of Baltimore; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m. with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
The Virginian Pilot Wednesday March 8, 1961
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