Riches to Rags Family Tree » William Judson (Dud) McMurphy Sr. (1909-1973)

Personal data William Judson (Dud) McMurphy Sr. 

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Household of William Judson (Dud) McMurphy Sr.

He is married to Frances ( Fannie) Buford Chance.

They got married on July 6, 1925 at Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, he was 16 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Thomas Ambers Murphy  1931-1971 
  3. Hugh (B) Boyd McMurphy  1934-2000 


Notes about William Judson (Dud) McMurphy Sr.

W. J. McMurphy
Taken By Death;
Rites Wednesday

William Judson McMurphy Sr., 64 ,brother of Leroy Murphy of Moultrie, died unexpectedly Monday in Tampa, Fla., while visiting there.

Death apparently resulted from a heart attack.

The body has been returned to Moultrie and will lie in state at the residence of his daughter-in- law, Mrs. Thomas Ambers Murphy, 902 First Avenue S. E., until placed in the church one hour before the funeral time.

Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday in Hopewell Baptist Church and burial will ensue in Hopewell Cemetery.

The Rev. J.D. Griffin will officiate, assisted by the Re. Morris Griffin.

Mr. McMurphy, son of the late Jim W. McMurphy and Annie Nix of Colquitt County, was born in Thomas County.

He was a Baptist by denomination.

A resident of Camilla at the time of his death, Mr. McMurphy had gone to Tampa for a visit.

He apparently died of a heart attack in his sleep.

Surviving Mr. McMurphy are his widow, Mrs. Frances B. Chance McMurphy, Adel; two sons, William Judson McMurphy Jr. and , Hugh B. McMurphy, Adel; two brothers, Leroy Murphy, Moultrie, and Clarence C. Murphy, Plant City, Fla.; one sister Etta Long, Camilla; and 17 grandchildren.

Published in The Moultrie Observer, Tuesday, June 5, 1973

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    Historical events

    Birthday November 12, 1902

    • The temperature on November 12, 1902 was between 5.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
      • March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
      • May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
      • June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
      • November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
      • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
      • December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

    Day of marriage July 6, 1925

    • The temperature on July 6, 1925 was between 13.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
      • March 18 » The Tri-State Tornado hits the Midwestern states of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people.
      • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
      • August 5 » Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
      • September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
      • November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
      • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

    Day of death September 5, 1955

    • The temperature on September 5, 1955 was between 10.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
      • May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
      • May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
      • July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
      • September 20 » The Treaty on Relations between the USSR and the GDR is signed.
      • October 26 » Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
      • November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
    

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