Charles Earl Murphy

Charles Earl Murphy, age 84, of Mulberry, Arkansas, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born June 3, 1939 in the Cass community to Floyd and Oma Ellison Murphy. Charles was a lifelong resident of Franklin County. He attended White Rock University/Pleasant View School. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. Charles killed at least one buck every year for sixty five years. He was featured in the September 2001 issue of the BuckMasters Whitetail Magazine for a special ten point buck that had very unusual eye guards. He loved the Mulberry River and spent a lot of time there fishing and camping. He would make minnow traps in the river and set trotlines. Charles didn’t leave many fish for the rest of us that’s for sure. You had to be very special to him to learn his tricks and sweet spots. Charles spent a lot of time exploring the mountains and had located several historical places such as a Confederate Cemetery that he helped get registered with the National Registry of Historical places. He was very knowledgeable and loved to take people to all the different places he found through the years. He worked very hard to provide for his family. Charles worked as a live haul Foreman at Cargill for twenty years. He also raised cattle. Charles is preceded in death by his father, mother and a sister, Frieda Davis. Charles is survived by his wife, Norma Brown Murphy; brother, Herman Murphy and wife Shirley of Mulberry; son, Charles Andy Murphy and wife Norma of Mulberry; daughter, Deanna Murphy of Van Buren, Arkansas; daughter, Dolly Simpson of Savoy, Texas; daughter, Cheryl Davis of Van Buren; son, Mike Davis of Little Rock, Arkansas; seventeen grandchildren, Andrea Noetzol and husband Ricky, Rachel Murphy, Glynn Murphy, Christena Joy and husband Paul, Andrea Dickerson and late husband Josh, Myrage and Tony Jones, Ashley Nguyen and husband James, Sharla Naples and husband Colton, Geron Simpson, Jessie Pierce and husband Lane, Hannah Hurd and husband Nick, Jay Simpson, Blake Simpson and wife Andriea, Brandon Davis and wife Angelia, Brittany McCabe and husband Kyle, Erica Swearingin, and Emilee Swearingin; thirty nine great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M., Monday, December 4, 2023 at the Pentecostals of Truth Tabernacle 115 South 3rd Street in Ozark. Funeral service will be 2:00 P.M., Monday, December 4, 2023 at the Pentecostals of Truth Tabernacle in Ozark, with Brother Joseph Clay officiating, with burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery Lower Jethro Road in Ozark, under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers will be Andy Murphy, Geron Simpson , Jay Simpson, Glynn Murphy, Zaydum Martens, James Nguyen, Rick Noetzol, and Colton Naples. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be grandsons and great grandsons. To leave an online memorial visit www.shafferfuneralhomeweb.com

Charles Earl Murphy

June 3, 1939 - November 29, 2023