Patrick Jay Murphy

Memoriam

Patrick Jay Murphy, 78, a resident of Cleveland, passed peacefully with his family at his side Thursday, July 2, 2015. He was a God loving, peaceful and humble family man who will be greatly missed. He was a retired crane operator in the steel industry. Mr. Murphy was a member of Candies Creek Church for over twenty years and was involved in Ocoee Outreach.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Freda Murphy, as well as a daughter, Brenda Joy Murphy, his parents, James and Marjorie Showalter Murphy, brother, Charles Murphy, and brother-in-law, John Farley.

He is survived by three children: Pam Bibee and husband Harold, Becky Brinkley and husband Kurt, all of Cleveland, and Patrick Steven Murphy of Inkster, Michigan; four grandsons: Ryan Bibee and fiancé Becky of Benton, Jeremy Bibee and wife Christy, Harold Bibee Jr., and Kurt Brinkley II, all of Cleveland; one brother, Robert Murphy and wife Barbara of Rockwood, Michigan; one sister, Carol Farley of Lorain, Ohio; sister-in-law, Peggy Murphy of Riverview, Michigan; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 6, 2015 in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Dr. Jamison Work officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with family members serving as pallbearers. A white dove release ceremony will conclude the service.

His family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 5, 2015 at the funeral home and from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Monday prior to the service.

His family has requested that memorials be made to the Candies Creek Ocoee Outreach, 294 Old Eureka Road NW, Charleston, TN 37310.