Erma Lee Murphy
March 6, 1928 - May 16, 2024
Erma Lee Murphy Obituary
Erma Lee Page Murphy, the daughter of Ambert Lee and Thelma (Forbes) Page, was born March 6, 1928, in Marietta, Oklahoma. She died Thursday, May 16, 2024, at her Gainesville, TX residence at the age of 96.
She graduated from Meadowbrook High School in 1946 and was a member of Marsden Baptist Church. She worked in her parents' grocery store, Kress, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
She married Roy Murphy on August 3, 1951. They were married 55 years and 4 months. He died April 18, 2006. They were the parents of two children, son Roy Lee and daughter Sue. Erma Lee's hobbies were reading, knitting, and watching basketball on TV.
The family lived in Lubbock, Plainview and Amarillo, TX, where she was a stay-at-home Mom. After Roy's retirement, they moved back to the Marsden community and then they moved to Gainesville.
After Erma Lee quit driving out of town, she attended Temple Baptist Church in Gainesville and became a member of Disciple Sunday School Class. She discovered the Stanford House, where she spent many enjoyable hours playing 42 and attending as many activities as she could work into a day.
She was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents; husband, Roy; and a brother, Leo Page, and his wife Barbara; a stepsister, Peggy Sykora, and husband Butch; and a stepbrother, Lewis Foster, and wife Jo.
Those left to carry on Erma Lee's legacy are her children, Sue Murphy of Wheat Ridge, CO, and Roy Lee Murphy and wife Connie of Canyon, TX; niece Cindy Jacobs of Yukon, OK; nephews, Gary Lee Page of Springfield, CO, and Tom Jacobs of Pritchett, CO; and numerous cousins.
Funeral services for Erma Lee will be at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home Chapel. A time of visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 21st from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the Flanagan-Watts Funeral Home in Marietta.
Serving as honorary casket bearers are Erma Lee's friends at the Stanford House and members of the Disciples Sunday School Class.
Online condolences may be sent to www.wattsfuneralhome.com.
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Erma Lee Page Murphy, the daughter of Ambert Lee and Thelma (Forbes) Page, was born March 6, 1928, in Marietta, Oklahoma. She died Thursday, May 16, 2024, at her Gainesville, TX residence at the age of 96.
She graduated from Meadowbrook High School in 1946 and was a member of Marsden Baptist Church. She worked in her parents' grocery store
Published on May 20, 2024
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