Obituary: Murphy, Charles - Tuesday, December 1986
Wolfe County News - December 1986

Submitted by: Carole Bays <acbays@mrtc.com>
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CHARLES MURPHY, AREA LEADER DIES        
 
Charles W. Murphy, Wolfe County master commissioner and a former Wolfe
County judge, died Tuesday at his home in Campton of complications from
lung and larynx cancer.  He was 83.
 
One of the area's best known citizens, Mr. Murphy served as Wolfe County
judge from 1950 to 1958.  He had been master commissioner for some 15
years.  He was active in Democratic politics and was a former county
party chairman.  He was also a prominent businessman and farmer and was
one of the original incorporators of Licking Valley Rural Electric
Cooperatives Corp., which serves Wolfe, Morgan, Magoffin, and part of
Breathitt counties.  Mr. Murphy served as a director and treasurer of
the RECC from 1940 to 1981.
 
Murphy was a partner and later sole owner of Ingram and Murphy Chevrolet
dealer-hip in Campton from 1937 to 1957.  He also operated a grocery
store, and a Frigidaire appliance dealership in Campton from the late
1930's to the early 1960's.
 
A native of Morgan County, he was born at Murphy Fork, Nov. 26, 1903, 
a son of the late Ben and Elizabeth Vest Murphy.  He was a graduate of
Hazel Green Academy and was a Mason and a Shriner.
 
Surviving are his wife, Minnie Ingram Murphy; a son, Joseph B. Murphy of
Lexington; a daughter, Mary E. May of Campton; two sisters, Golden
Nickell of West Liberty and Martha Nickell of Lexington, and five
grandchildren, Charles E. May of Hindman, John R. May of Campton, Laura
Lee Murphy, Charles R. Murphy and Joseph B. Murphy, Jr. all of
Lexington.
 
Burial in the Evans Cemetery at Campton under the direction of
Shackelford Funeral Home.
 
   
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