Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery at Shreveport. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m.
Mr. McMurry died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday in Winnfield General Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Winn Parish, Mr. McMurry was a retired baker with the Cottoa Bakery Co. He was a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church where he served as a deacon.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie McMurry of Winnfield; one daughter, Miss Beverly McMurry of Shreveport; one stepdaughter, Mrs. W. E. Anderson of San Diego, Calif.; three foster daughters, Mrs. Kees Dixon of Bossier City, Mrs. Beth Bearden of Barbos, Va., and Mrs. Lillian Fletcher of Virginia; four brothers, Arthur McMurry of Winnfield; Albert McMurry of Goodpine, Homer McMurry of Monroe and Elmo McMurry of Natchez, Miss.; four sisters, Mrs. O. W. Allen, Mrs. David Mixon and Mrs. Parker Long, all of Winnfield, and Mrs. F. C. Turner of Hallsville, Tex.; and 10 grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, May 26, 1975
Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery at Shreveport. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m.
Mr. McMurry died at 4:45 a.m. Sunday in Winnfield General Hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Winn Parish, Mr. McMurry was a retired baker with the Cottoa Bakery Co. He was a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church where he served as a deacon.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Linnie McMurry of Winnfield; one daughter, Miss Beverly McMurry of Shreveport; one stepdaughter, Mrs. W. E. Anderson of San Diego, Calif.; three foster daughters, Mrs. Kees Dixon of Bossier City, Mrs. Beth Bearden of Barbos, Va., and Mrs. Lillian Fletcher of Virginia; four brothers, Arthur McMurry of Winnfield; Albert McMurry of Goodpine, Homer McMurry of Monroe and Elmo McMurry of Natchez, Miss.; four sisters, Mrs. O. W. Allen, Mrs. David Mixon and Mrs. Parker Long, all of Winnfield, and Mrs. F. C. Turner of Hallsville, Tex.; and 10 grandchildren.
Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Monday, May 26, 1975
Family Members
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Beulah McMurry Allen
1894–1970
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Bertie McMurry Long
1898–1982
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Fynous James McMurry
1899–1964
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Lonnie Adelbert McMurry
1901–1968
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Bessie McMurry Mixon
1903–1985
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Albert Palmer McMurry
1904–1993
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James Arthur McMurry
1906–1987
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Homer Julius McMurry Sr
1908–1997
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Rev Aaron Justin McMurry
1910–1965
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Lessie Mae McMurry Turner
1912–2000
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Pearl L. McMurry Allen
1915–1986
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TSGT Elmo J. "Mac" McMurry
1918–2010
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