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Mr. Sherrill Dean Murphy, age 66, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2005, at his home on Shady Acres Lane in Pine Knot, Kentucky. Funeral services were held Friday, April 15, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Pine Knot Funeral Home with Rev. Gib Troxell officiating. He was laid to rest in the Pine Knot Cemetery with military honors delivered by the U S Air Force and the Kinne Slaven Post 115 of the American Legion. Sherrill was born in Revelo, Kentucky, to the late Luther Emanuel and Eva May Perkins Murphy. Besides his parents, he is preceded in death by four sisters, Oreida Helton, Luvada Cooper, Lois Ball and Barbara Vahle, a brother Dennis Murphy, and three infant brothers, Boyce Dean, Eddie and Ray Murphy. On April 20, 1963, Sherrill was united in marriage to Stella Gibson Murphy who resides in Pine Knot. Sherrill and Stella have a son, Anthony Murphy and his wife Sandra of Pine Knot and two grandchildren, Taylor and Tony Clayton Dean Murphy. There are two brothers, Kenneth and his wife Linda Murphy of Columbus, Ohio, and Brent and Edna Murphy of Pine Knot who seemed more like dad and mom to Sherrill. A great-uncle and aunt, Hansford and Edith Murphy was very special to Sherrill along with a niece Eydie West and three nephews, Bruce and Gary Murphy and Brian Kirk. Sherrill was a central office craftsman for Highland Telephone Cooperative until his retirement in 2003. He diligently served his country in the US Air Force. He was a member of the Kinne Slaven Post 115 of Stearns, and a Kentucky Colonel. He enjoyed camping, fishing, boating, and he loved those grandchildren. Pine Knot Funeral Home assisted the family with funeral arrangements. Add a Condolence |
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