Ethel Helen Murphy

1925 - 2011  (85 years)

• Name	Ethel Helen Murphy
  Birth	12 Dec 1925	Mount Savage, Allegany Countyaryland
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Aug 2011	Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	ELLERSLIE — Ethel Helen McCray, 85, of Ellerslie, died Friday, Aug. 5, 2011, at the Frostburg Village Nursing Care Center. Born Dec. 12, 1925, in Mount Savage, she was the daughter of the late James and Hatti (Durst) Murphy. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Edward Harold McCray Sr., and two brothers, James Murphy, and Wolverton Deloss Murphy. Ethel was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. Mrs. McCray was a member of the Central Assembly of God Church, where she worked in the nursery. She was a member of the Y.M.C.A. and at one point was the treasurer of the women’s auxiliary. She was a successful business lady having represented Tri Chem Embroidery, during that time for many years, Mrs. McCray had a booth at the Cumberland Fair and had liquid embroidery parties. Ethel was an active member in the Pennsylvania Grange, Hyndman. Her most recent accomplishment was receiving a certificate for completing a class in herbal studies. Survivors include her three children, Kay Tharp and husband Tom, of Mount Savage, James McCray and wife Brenda, of Annandale, Va., and Edward McCray Jr., and wife Rhonda, of Johnstown, Pa.; 11 grandchildren, Thomas Tharp Jr., Cherie Howell, Jacqui Richards, Eric Tharp, Andrea McCray, James McCray Jr., Jonathan McCray, Elisha Porter, Edward McCray III, Jody McKenzie, and Jill Rowles; and 9 great-grandchildren, John Richards IV, Jessica Tharp, Thomas “Trey” Tharp III, Hunter Tharp, Scotty Belcher, Jillian McKenzie, Riley Dugan, Kara Hull, and Tommy Hull. Friends will be received at the Hafer Funeral Service, P.A., Chapel of the Hills, 1302 National Highway, LaVale, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. The funeral service will be conducted in the funeral home on Thursday at 11 a.m. with Pastor Leonard Stine and grandson, Edward McCray III, officiating. Interment will be Restlawn Memorial Gardens. Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons, Tom, Eric, Jonathan, James, Eddie, and great-grandson John. Expressions of sympathy may be made in her memory to the League for Crippled Children, P.O. Box 267, Cumberland, MD 21501-0267. Cumberland Times-News, August 7, 2011 Ethel Helen MURPHY and Edward Harold MCCRAY Sr. were married in Oct 1942.
  Person ID	I53548	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	James Randolph Sr. Murphy,   b. 14 Aug 1896   d. 7 Sep 1961 (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hattie Ethel Durst,   b. 25 Jun 1903   d. 25 Dec 1990 (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Oct 1919
  Family ID	F19487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward Harold Sr. McCray,   b. 10 Feb 1922, Locust Grove, Allegany County, Maryland d. 10 Jul 2010, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	Oct 1942
  Children	1. Kathleen Elaine McCray,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   2. James McCray,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]   3. Edward Harold Jr. McCray,   b. Private  [Father: private]  [Mother: private]
  Family ID	F20031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021