William Murphy

Obituaries

Tuesday, 12 July 2022 13:53

William Clark Murphy, 89 of Scottsboro, passed away on Sunday, July 3, 2022. Funeral services were held on Monday, July 11, 2022 at First United Methodist Church with interment following in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

He was born on Sunday, February 12, 1933 in Paden City, West Virginia and was a 1951 graduate of Magnolia High and earned a chemical engineering degree in 1962 from West Virginia University after serving in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was also a member of the Professional Engineering Association and a life member of the Jackson County Heritage Center and Jackson County Historical Society.

After working for DuPont in North Carolina, Clark moved his family to Scottsboro in 1968 to help engineer and begin the Revere Reduction Plant. When the plant ceased operations in 1982, Clark transferred to the Norandal Rolling Mill Plant and continued to work until his retirement in 1998.

He was an avid reader and enjoyed traveling and flying. He received aerobatic flight instruction from Grady Thrasher, a noted personality with the Thrasher Brothers Aerial Circus, displayed in the Smithsonian Institute.

He is survived by his sons, William Murphy, Thomas Murphy; two grandsons in Kentucky; a brother and sister in West Virginia; a sister in Texas; a sister in California.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin and Lenore Murphy; brother, Thomas Murphy; wife of 56 years, Phyllis Murphy.