Murphy, Kenneth R.

Services for Kenneth R. Murphy, 83, of Longview, will be 4 p.m. 
Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel of 
Longview. Entombment will be in Rosewood Park Mausoleum. Mr. 
Murphy was born October 16, 1923, in Pawhuska, Okla.. and he 
died December 28, 2006, in Longview. Survivors include his wife, 
Nalda Louise Murphy. Visitation will be noon-2 p.m. Saturday, 
prior to services.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/29/2006.

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Murphy Sr., Kenneth R.

Kenneth R. Murphy Sr., born October 16, 1923, in Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma, went to be with Our Heavenly Father on December 
28, 2006. He and his wife, Nalda Doby Murphy, graduates of 
Gladewater High School, retired to the Longview area in 1978, 
to be with family and friends. Kenneth was preceded in death 
by parents, Bryan Kenneth Murphy and Bessie Brown Murphy, 
formerly of Gladewater. Kenneth is survived by his wife of 63 
years, Nalda. His children include: one daughter and 
son-in-law, Carol and Craig O'Dea of Holly Lake Ranch; and 
sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth R. Murphy Jr. and Nancy of 
Tyler, and Bryan Murphy and Carolyn of Baton Rouge, La. 
Additional family includes grandsons, Darren Landry and spouse, 
Angela of Frisco, Kenneth Murphy III of Greenwood, S.C., and Ben 
Murphy of Baton Rouge, La.; granddaughters, Evelyn Nordlund and 
spouse, Randy of Greenwood, S.C., and Emma and Sara Murphy of 
Baton Rouge, La.; great-grandchildren, Garrett and Emma Landry, 
and Daniel and Michael Nordlund. He is also survived by numerous 
nieces, nephews, and cousins. Funeral services will be held 4 
p.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006, at the chapel of Rader Funeral 
Home of Longview, with the Reverend Tom Roberson of Oakland 
Heights Baptist Church officiating. Entombment will follow in 
Rosewood Park Mausoleum Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family 
requests memorial donations be made in honor of Mr. Murphy to the 
American Heart Association or Heart'sWay Hospice of Northeast 
Texas. The family will receive friends from noon-2 p.m. Saturday, 
prior to services, at the funeral home. A memorial guestbook may 
be signed online at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/30/2006.