Goldie Marie Murphy

Pace-Stancil Funeral Home 1304 North Cleveland Dayton, Texas 77535 936-258-5300     936-258-5653 fax pacestancildayton@sbcglobal.net Thursday, April 14, 2011 Goldie Marie Abshier Murphy, 89, of Hardin died Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at home after an extended illness.  She was born December 24, 1921 in Devers, Texas to parents Edmund and Sally Dowdell Abshier.  She loved her family especially her grandchildren and she enjoyed cooking and gardening. Services for Mrs. Murphy will be 12 noon, Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel in Dayton. Interment will follow at Camp Ruby Cemetery in Livingston.  Visitation will be 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Friday, April 15, 2011 at Pace-Stancil Funeral Home, Dayton.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James Murphy, infant son, daughters,  Lounelle Rascoe and Alice Cleveland, and grandson, Donnie James Strawn.  She is survived by daughters:  Mary Ann Ward and husband Robert of Baytown, Shirley Ulkie of Dayton, Linda Remsing and husband William of Dayton, Janice O’Neil and husband Colin of Conroe,  Patsy O’Neil and husband Warren Dale of Hardin, Loretta Bell of Hardin, Debra Sue Strawn of Cleveland, and Kathy Laverne Brandon of Alvin; son:  James Edward Murphy and wife Mary Carolyn of Huntsville; brother:  Elmer Lloyd Abshier of Magnolia; 30 grandchildren, 75 great grandchildren, 16 great great-grandchildren; numerous other relatives and friends.