December 13, 1991

SYLVESTER LEROY MURPHY

ADVANCE -- Sylvester Leroy Murphy, 71, of Advance, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 21, 1920, in Advance, son of Ellis J. and Ophelia King Murphy. Murphy retired from the U.S. Steel Co. in Chicago. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II...

ADVANCE -- Sylvester Leroy Murphy, 71, of Advance, died Thursday, Dec. 12, 1991, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 21, 1920, in Advance, son of Ellis J. and Ophelia King Murphy.

Murphy retired from the U.S. Steel Co. in Chicago. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

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Survivors include six sisters, Imogene Weber of Hillsboro, Bernice Rainey of Advance, Jean Stroble of Joplin, Marlene Head of Lawton, Okla., Helen Wright and Faye Ghannam of Dallas, Texas.

He was preceded in death by three brothers.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Morgan Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Lee Roy Hefner will officiate, with burial in Morgan Memorial Park.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 6-9 p.m. Saturday.

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