Glenn Murphree

Graveside services for Glenn Elbert Murphree, 73, of Gainesville, are set for 10:00 am Saturday July 3, 2010 at Fairview cemetery under the direction of Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. A visitation will be held at the Funeral Home on Friday July 2, 2010 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm.

Glenn was born on September 2, 1936 in Thackerville, OK to A. E. and Lillie Cannaday Murphree. He passed away Thursday July 1, 2010 in Gainesville. He attended Thackerville and Gainesville schools graduating in 1954 from Gainesville High School. He graduated Gainesville Junior College in 1956 receiving his Associates Degree. Glenn also served in the U. S. Army from 1959 - 1961.

He is survived by his son and daughter in law Mike and Sharon Murphree of Gainesville, daughter Terri Hermes of Gainesville, daughter Cheryl Eddowes of Gainesville, and grandchildren Derek Murphree of Grapevine, Kaylee Murphree of Gainesville, Matthew Hermes of Gainesville, Michael Hermes of Gainesville, Brittany Eddowes of Gainesville, and Amanda Eddowes of Gainesville. He is also survived by his sister in law and her spouse Dollie and Don Swafford of Ponder, sister in law Patricia Gibson of Gainesville, sister in law and her spouse Janie and Jim Freeman of Gainesville, sister in law and her spouse Jo and Vernon Bevers of Gainesville, and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Scott, Dusty Scott, Jimmy Sorrell, and grandsons Derek Murphree, Matthew Hermes, and Michael Hermes. Honorary pallbearers will be granddaughters Kaylee Murphree, Brittany Eddowes, and Amanda Eddowes.

He was preceded in death by his wife Ollie Coulter Murphree in 2003 and his parents.