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Submitted: 6/10/21 • Approved: 6/12/21 • Last Updated: 6/15/21 • R1378738-G0-S3
May 27, 1932 - December 17, 2018
LTC. George Edgar Murphy, husband of Bobbye Frances Moore McDaniel Murphy, departed this life on Monday, December 17, 2018. He was born May 27, 1932 to George Elmer and Lois Yocum Murphy, who preceded him in death, as did a granddaughter, Amy Rebecca Murphy, sisters, Christine Delois Murphy, Marie Nowlin, and a grand-nephew, James Murphy Burton.
In addition to his loving wife, he is survived by three daughters, Christine Uhland (David), Elizabeth McGee and Margaret Leville (Mike); two sons, George Edgar Murphy, Jr. (Cynthia), and Thomas Lamar Murphy (Kay); four stepsons, Rex and Mary, Robbie and Liz, Ryker and Leah, and Ragan and Shellie McDaniel; grandchildren, Sara, Michel (Emily), Catlin and Nicholas Uhland, Andrew, Laura and Melissa Murphy, Justin, Jacob and Jordan McGee, Susanne, Elise and Rachel Murphy, Julia and Katie Leville; great grandchildren, Gus Bertucci, and Evie and Juliet Uhland, Nathan and Jasper McGee; step-grandchildren, Jill (Joey) Templeton, Aaron (Ashley) McDaniel, Michael and P.J. Simpson (Jennifer), Rachel and Jacob McDaniel, Morgan Atkins (James), Josh (Carrie) McDaniel and Maggie McDaniel, Magan Squires (Tyler), and Jordan Kalousek (Ryan), step-great grandchildren, David Martin, Kinleigh Jones, Carson and Brendan Templeton, Mason McDaniel, Rylee McDaniel, Kalyn and Ace McDaniel, Cecelia and Sully Atkins, and Scarlett and Caleb Kalousek; a sister Relda Burton and many nieces and nephews.
He graduated from Smackover High School, the University of Georgia, and the U.S. Army Airborne School, the Airborne Jumpmasters School, Aerial Delivery School, Heavy Drop School, Special Warfare School, 11th ABN Division NCO Academy (honor graduate, first academically and qualified for the Expert Infantry Badge), Repelling Course, Army Installation Management Course, Command and General Staff College, Nuclear Weapons Employment Course, Senior Officer Legal Orientation Course, Artillery Officers Candidate School (honor graduate, distinguished military graduate and first academically).
He qualified expert with all individual weapons, and hand grenade toss, grenade launcher, rocket launcher, 12-guage riot gun, 30 and 50 caliber MG, and was a member of the 4th AD Leclerc small bore rifle team competing at NATO level.
He was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for twelve months in ground combat, the Parachutist Bade, Legion of Merit w/OL Cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service and Medal w/OLC, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic Medal, Republic of Vietnam with four battle stars, four overseas bars and participated in more than 175 helicopter combat assaults, which qualified him for seven awards of the Air Medal. He attended German Language and Mores Courses to Level VIII (conversationalist and translator) with the University of Maryland. He taught conversational German to personnel in his unit. He studied the Vietnamese language, their mores and religion. He taught English to Vietnamese High School students (and their instructors). He could translate Vietnamese and had limited interpreter skills.
He was baptized by the Methodist Church in 1944. He studied all major Christion religions of the world at university level and the Buddhist religion at working level. He taught adult and high school level Sunday School and sponsored and taught United Methodist youth groups. He has a high regard for the major world religions, in particular the Christian and Buddhist faiths. He attended church on a regular basis most of his life. He supervised all Army chaplains (three hundred fifty) for six months in South Vietnam.
He visited or lived in forty-seven states (all except Nevada, Oregon, and North Dakota) and twenty-six countries (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, England, Finland, Greenland, Germany, Guam, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Okinawa, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, and Vietnam), living three years in Germany and two years in South Vietnam. He was in two places that he would have revisited, Hong Kong as a British territory and Rome, Italy.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Young's Chapel with Bro. Rex McDaniel officiating. Visitation will begin at 12:30 until service time. Interment will follow with military honors at Salem Cemetery under the direction of Young's Funeral Directors.
The family request that no flowers be sent and donations be made to the John R. Williamson Hospice House, 2301 Champagnolle Rd., El Dorado, AR 71730.
Contributed on 6/10/21 by debbraszymanski
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