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May 23, 2018 · Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, United States. Death: May 23, 1941 (49) Farmersville, Collin County, Texas, United States (Pneumonia) Place of Burial: Collin County, Texas, United States. Immediate Family: Daughter of Jefferson Davis Killian and Sarah Elizabeth Gill Killian. Wife of Emmett Berry Murphy.
- Greenville, Texas
- Greenville, Hunt County, Texas, United States
- May 28, 1891
- Collin County, Texas, United States
164. 48. New search. Josie Bell Murphy family tree. Family tree Create your own family tree. Parents. Jefferson Davis Killian. 1861 - 1943. Sarah Elizabeth Killian. 1863 - 1950. Children. Audie Murphy. 1924 - 1971. Wrong Josie Bell Murphy? See more search results for Josie Bell Murphy.
- Female
- May 28, 1891
- Farmersville, Collin, TX
- May 23, 1941
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...
In 1949, Audie landed his first lead role in Bad Boy, in spite of the production company president’s concern about Audie’s lack of experience. That same year, Audie and Wanda married, but their marriage was tumultuous, haunted by Audie’s ongoing struggles with PTSD. They divorced in 1951.
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.
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.