Calvin Leo Murray went to his heavenly mansion at the age of 94, on February 1, 2019 in Amarillo, Texas. Calvin was born on August 10, 1924, in Memphis, Texas, to Faye and Brackett Murray, and quickly moved to Oklahoma. He lived in Dill City, Sentinel, Leedy, and Clinton, where he graduated in 1942. In 1943, he joined the Marine Corps and served during World War 2. He was discharged in 1946 and went to work in Adrian, Texas, for his uncle, filling in for an emergency teacher opening.
What started as a temporary sub position grew into a lifetime of teaching and coaching. While working on his teaching certification in the summers, he met the love of his life, Genie Smith, in 1948, at SWIT in Weatherford, Oklahoma. They married two months later, before returning to Adrian for the fall school term. He taught and coached in Adrian, Farwell, and Panhandle, Texas, over the next 29 years, coaching 19 of those years, before retiring in 1983. They then moved to Almont, Colorado, where he loved spending time fishing and skiing. Fishing was Calvin’s favorite hobby and he enjoyed many fun times wetting a fly. They moved to Amarillo in 1991, where they have since resided. They celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on September 2, 2018 and have been very active members of the Baptist churches wherever they have lived. Calvin loved to sing and serve, and was always active in choir and Sunday School. He loved his Lord, his family, his church, and people.
He is preceded in death by his parents and two sons, Bruce Allen and Brent Donavan.
He is survived by his wife, Genie; a son, Scott and wife Suzy; 5 grandchildren: Cathryn and Les Dail, Christen and Kevin Parker, Mark and Tara Murray, J.T. Higgins, and Madison and Andy Rose; 8 great-grandchildren; a sister, Linda and George Kennedy; a sister-in-law, Becky and Wayne Throgmorton; a cousin, Max and Marian Reno; and many other cousins, nieces and nephews.
