STUART P. MURPHY


WENDELL - Stuart Parrish Murphy, 94, died Thursday, Jan, 7, 2010 at Wellington Nursing Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Jan. 9) at Wendell Baptist Church, 3651 Wendell Blvd., Wendell, with Dr. David Moore, Dr. Baxter Prevatte and the Rev. Charles McMillan officiating. Burial will follow in Greenmount Cemetery, Industrial Drive, Wendell.

The family will receive relatives and friends prior to the service from 12 to 1:45 p.m. and other times at the Murphy home.

She was born in Franklin County to the late Grover Cleveland Parrish and Sallie Bet Foster Parrish. She was a graduate of Gold Sand High School. She retired from the Wake County Public Schools where she worked as a home economics teacher and librarian.

Surviving: daughters, Patricia M. Huffman (Scott Sr.) of Wendell, Janet M. Britt of Raleigh; sisters, Ethel P. Thompson of Henderson; brothers, Charles Parrish (Audrey) of Raleigh, George Parrish “Coop” (Judy) of Roanoke Rapids; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Linwood C. Murphy; daughter, Sallie Murphy; sister, Jane; and brothers, Wilson and David “Rip.”

Memorial contributions may be made to Scholarship Fund, Wendell Baptist Church, P. O. Box 187, Wendell, NC 27591.

Condolences to the family may be made at www.poolefuneral.com under Obituaries.