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Born Audie Leon Murphy on June 20, 1924 to sharecropper Emmett Berry Murphy and Josie Bell Killian in Kingston, Texas, he was the seventh of twelve children. As a boy, Audie was shy, a loner and given to bursts of temper and radical mood swings. His father drifted in and out of their lives, and finally, abandoned them altogether.
Apr 26, 2021 · record title: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 name: Josie Murphy death date: 23 May 1941 death place: Farmersville, Collin, Texas gender: Female race: white death age: 49 years 11 months 25 days birth date: 23 May 1891 birthplace: Farmersville, Texas marital status: Married spouse's name: Murphy father's name: Jeff D Killian father's birthplace: Tenn ...
- Female
- May 28, 1891
- Emmett Berry Murphy
- May 23, 1941
May 28, 2016 · Josie Bell. Killian. Murphy. Mother of the Audie Murphy the actor and medal of honor recipient. birth: 23 May 1891 — Farmersville, Texas death: 23 May 1941 — Farmersville, Collin, Texas burial: 24 May 1941 — Farmersville, Texas parents: Jeff D Killian, Sarah Gill spouse: Murphy record title: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 name: Josie Murphy death...
Mar 12, 2015 · Audie Murphy, a Texas Hero. Audie Leon Murphy was born in the village of Kingston, Hunt County, Texas (north of Greenville) in 1925 to Emmett Berry and Josie Bell Killian Murphy, a family of sharecroppers. Audie was the sixth of twelve children. His father abandoned the family when Audie was eight and his mother died when he was a teenager.
Married January 19, 1908, Williamson Co., TX, to Emmett Berry Murphy, born February 20, 1886 - Dallas, Dallas Co., TX, deceased September 20, 1976 - McKinney, Collin Co., TX aged 90 years old (Parents : George Washington Murphy 1852-1924 & Virginia Berry ca 1855-1906) with. Elizabeth Corinne Murphy 1910-1980; Charles Emmett Vernon Murphy ca 1913
Audie was the seventh born child of a total of twelve children born to Emmett Berry Murphy and his wife Josie Bell Killian in Kingston, Texas. The Murphys were sharecroppers of Irish descent. As a boy, he chopped cotton for one dollar a day and was noted for his feats of derring-do and his accuracy with a gun.
Aleo cemetery, officially known as Prairie Grove cemetery, is the final resting place of Audie Murphy's beloved mother Josie Bell Killian Murphy and her parents Jefferson and Sarah Killian. The cemetery is located just south of Farmersville, Texas. Josie Murphy passed away on May 23, 1941 after a lingering illness when Audie was 16 years old ...
