Della M. Murphy

Della M. Murphy, age 97 of Hamilton passed away at Garden Manor Retirement Village on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 1:45 PM. She was born in Estill County, Kentucky on October 2, 1918 the daughter of Dudley P. and Mary (Richardson) Lynch. On December 23, 1938 in Irvine, Kentucky she married Bruce Murphy and he preceded her in death in 2001. Della was a member of the Fellowship Bible Church.

She is survived by three sons, Wayne (Erika) Murphy and Larry (Gwenetta) Murphy, both of Vincent, Kentucky, and Michael (Ray Musser) Murphy of St. Petersburg, Florida; seven grandchildren, Melanie, Melissa, Jennifer, Deborah, Todd, Chris, and David; and numerous great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, James (Eunice) Murphy and her grandson, James Murphy, Jr.; her daughter, Mary Watts; and ten siblings, Charlie, Clarence, Robert, Marion, Edmond, and Lucy Lynch, Nona Webb, Mona Brinegar, Grace Richardson, and Anna Sandlin.

Funeral service will be held at Brown Dawson Flick Funeral Home, 330 Pershing Avenue, on Monday, May 2, 2016 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Thomas Sawhook of Fellowship Bible Church officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Burial Park. Visitation will be held on Monday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the funeral home.