1933
Walter
2013
Walter Murray
December 29, 1933 — July 8, 2013
Jet-Funeral service for Walter “Bud” Murray will be Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Lanman Chapel with Chaplain Jennifer Griffith and Pastor Chris Griffith officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Bud was born on December 29, 1933 in Drummond to Lee Murray and Jesse Myrean Campbell Murray and passed from this life on July 8, 2013 at Cherokee Manor. He enlisted in the Army when he was fifteen, sending money home to help support his family. Bud served in Korea during the Korean War. After he was discharged from regular Army, he was kept as a reservist and was subject to recall. Bud was a member and at one time president of the Underage Veterans. After Bud’s military service, he worked in construction. For twenty-three years Bud lived and was employed at Great Salt Plains State Park (Nescatunga). Bud retired from the State Department of Recreation. He married June Mills Brown in 1991 at Wildwood Chapel at the Great Salt Plains. Bud served on the Nescatunga Fire Department for many years as a volunteer firefighter and was named as “Outstanding Volunteer.” Bud was an avid hunter and fisherman, winning the Cy Curtis Award because of the size of the rack of the deer. He instilled a love of hunting and fishing in his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, June of Cherokee; four children, Lee Murray, Susan McCool and fiancé, Roy Kendrick, Brenda Waltz and husband, Bob and Bobbie Atterberry and husband, Harvey; ten grandchildren; twenty-five great grandchildren; fifteen great-great grandchildren; one brother, Sonny Murray; two sisters, Judy Gaskill and Marlene Chance.
Those who preceded Bud in death include his parents, Myrean Loudenslager and Lee Murray; two brothers, Jerry Murray and Jim Murray; grandson, Robert and step-son, Rick Brown.
Memorials may be given to Nescatunga Rural Fire Department or Disabled American Veterans through the funeral home.
Bud was born on December 29, 1933 in Drummond to Lee Murray and Jesse Myrean Campbell Murray and passed from this life on July 8, 2013 at Cherokee Manor. He enlisted in the Army when he was fifteen, sending money home to help support his family. Bud served in Korea during the Korean War. After he was discharged from regular Army, he was kept as a reservist and was subject to recall. Bud was a member and at one time president of the Underage Veterans. After Bud’s military service, he worked in construction. For twenty-three years Bud lived and was employed at Great Salt Plains State Park (Nescatunga). Bud retired from the State Department of Recreation. He married June Mills Brown in 1991 at Wildwood Chapel at the Great Salt Plains. Bud served on the Nescatunga Fire Department for many years as a volunteer firefighter and was named as “Outstanding Volunteer.” Bud was an avid hunter and fisherman, winning the Cy Curtis Award because of the size of the rack of the deer. He instilled a love of hunting and fishing in his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife, June of Cherokee; four children, Lee Murray, Susan McCool and fiancé, Roy Kendrick, Brenda Waltz and husband, Bob and Bobbie Atterberry and husband, Harvey; ten grandchildren; twenty-five great grandchildren; fifteen great-great grandchildren; one brother, Sonny Murray; two sisters, Judy Gaskill and Marlene Chance.
Those who preceded Bud in death include his parents, Myrean Loudenslager and Lee Murray; two brothers, Jerry Murray and Jim Murray; grandson, Robert and step-son, Rick Brown.
Memorials may be given to Nescatunga Rural Fire Department or Disabled American Veterans through the funeral home.
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