Jack Dee Murphy

Jack Dee Murphy Sr., age 94, passed away at his home Saturday, December 19, 2020. Mr. Murphy was the oldest living Marine to have served our country in WWII, living in Bradley County. He was a volunteer police officer for the city of Cleveland Auxiliary Police Department, regional director of the South Eastern Region International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, and had 50 plus years with the local Masonic Lodge (32⁰ Mason to be exact).

Mr. Murphy was preceded in death by his parents, George Edgar Murphy and Medley Stiles Murphy; and his loving wife, Betty Sue Wooden; brothers, Bruce Murphy, Henry Lee Murphy, Harvey Max Murphy; sister Berma Styles; half-brother, Gus Steele. 

Survivors include children, Susan Denise Murphy-Wyllie, Sharon Kay Murphy Markiewicz (Bruce) of Ellicott City, MD, and Elizabeth Anne “LizAnne” Murphy Rung (Mike) of St. Augustine, FL, Jack Dee Murphy II; grandchildren, Christopher Wyllie, Lauren Lemons, John Markiewicz, Sara Markiewicz, Jack Dee Murphy III; great-grandchildren, Trevor Wyllie, Braelyn Wyllie, Braxton Lemons, Brooklyn Lemons, Natalie Markiewicz.

A Masonic Service will be conducted 7:00p.m. Tuesday, December 22, 2020 in the Chapel of Serenity Cleveland Funeral Home, the family will receive friends from 6:00p.m until the service. There will be a Funeral Service Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at 11:00a.m. Serenity Cleveland Funeral Home, the family will receive friends from 10:00a.m. until the service. Interment will follow Sunset Memorial Gardens with full military honors, concluding the service with the playing of bagpipes and a ceremonial white dove release.