Obituaries

Mrs. Willie Mae Elmore Murphy age 95 of Boy Scout Road in Crouse died on December 3, 2016.

Funeral services will be held 3:00pm Wednesday December 7, 2016 at Crouse United Methodist Church with Rev. Jim Sanders officiating. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00pm until 2:45pm prior to the service at the  Crouse United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Murphy was born on January 29, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Eula Canipe Elmore.  Mrs. Murphy was also preceded in death by her husband Zeb Vance Murphy , her sisters Mazel Bynum, Rachel Brackett,  Mary Jo Griffith, Martha Mitchem, and brothers Fitzhugh “Crip” Elmore, and Bill Elmore.  She worked as a cloth inspector in the textile industry before retiring.

Survivors include:  two daughters Annette Clark, and husband (C.H. ) of Crouse and Marcella Bess and husband (Hugh) of Bessemer City; two grandchildren Melissa Clark of Lincolnton and Chuck Clark and wife Casey of Belmont; four great grandchildren, Emily Fulbright and husband (Nathan) of Lincolnton, Emma Kate Clark, Reece Caroline Clark and great grandson Murphy Clark of Belmont.

Memorials may be made to Crouse United Methodist Church P.O. Box 43 Crouse, N.C. 28033 or to the Outreach Class at Crouse United Methodist Church.