Birth date: Dec 10, 1944 Death date: Jan 31, 2022
Charles Edwin Murphree, went to be with his Lord and Savior on January 31, 2022, at his home in West Fork, Arkansas. He was born on December 10, 1944, in Manila, Arkansas, to Ocie Murphree and Lura Bell (Holman) Murphree. Charles Read Obituary
Back in the ‘90s, dad and I went hunting down in Palestine, Texas. Around midday we stopped in the woods for some lunch. Dad looked over and saw a hornet’s nest in the ground a few feet away and said something to the effect of, “I heard that the concussion of a high powered rifle shot into a hornet’s nest will kill every hornet.” He then stood up walked close to the nest and pointed his rifle. I was already running before he squeezed the trigger. After about 50 yards, I stopped and looked back. Dad was close behind me but kept looking around bewildered taking off his cap swinging it around air as if he was trying to hit an invisible hornet. It turned out there was one hornet on his hat, buzzing and stinging like crazy. Every time the cap was on his head, he’d hear the angry hornet but when he’d go to swat it with his cap, he couldn’t find it. Neither one of us were stung.
We love you all, and wishing we could be there with you all today. Charles was a very special man and we loved him. We so loved meeting Charles and Kay in southern cities to do genealogy. The guys had fun roaming around and Kay and I had fun at the libraries.
He used to be called Edwin until he was a teenager and decided he wanted to be called Charles. It was a challenge to remember "Charles" and not "Edwin".
I remember when Grandmother Holman lived on a farm, we would go visit. Charles and Anna Ruth were our playmates. Whether it was tying ourselves to the back of Charles' bike and yelling at him to go faster! faster! Until we were being dragged along the road or sitting on a fence locking eyes with a mean cow, jumping off the fence, and scrambling to get back onto the fence before she booted us, we had fun.
Chuck and Kay are some of the finest folks we have ever know. We met Chuck through General Motors. Chuck was a follower of Christ and the life he lived was a testament to his faith. He truly will be missed and we know that Kay will find the peace that her faith will provide today and forever. We will pray for you and your family as you go through this time of loss.
Blessings,
Les and Linda Mennen
