James Jim Michael Murphy

He was born on July 11, 1948 in Oklahoma City, the son of James H. and Hazel V. Murphy. He graduated from Midwest City High school in 1966 and went on to attend college at Oklahoma State University where he became a passionately devoted Cowboys fan.

Jim served in the United States Air Force, and then became a lineman for OG&E where he was employed for over 20 years.

He was a lifetime member of Eastside Church of Christ where he worked consistently and without waver to fulfill the duties in which he was called.

He enjoyed fishing, reading and solving Sunday morning crossword puzzles.

He lovingly volunteered many years with the Muscular Dystrophy Association which was dear to his heart due to his son and grandson’s battle with the disease.

Jim was preceded in death by both of his parents and his beloved son Michael. He is survived by his sister, JoAnn Murphy- Millican of Tulsa; his daughter Shannon and son-in-law Steve Hendricks of Choctaw, step- daughter Donna and son-in-law Howard Henshaw of Lawton and Tammy Worthy of Norman. He was an amazing Papa to four grandchildren, Joshua Snead, Maddie Hendricks, Amanda Lowry and Chris Henshaw and great-grandson, Ethan Myrick. Also, niece Jackie Harris of Tulsa; nephews, Scott and Logan Millican of Tulsa, and numerous close friends. Viewing will be 12:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Sunday, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Monday & Tuesday at Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home, Del City. Service will be 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at the Eastside Church of Christ, with a graveside service at Sunnylane Cemetery. We hope you finally catch the “big one”!!! We Love you and miss you already!

We do not need a special day to bring you to our minds.

The days we do not think of you are very hard to find.

Each morning when we awake we know that you are gone.

And no one knows the heartache as we try to carry on.

Our hearts still ache with sadness and secret tears still flow.

What it meant to lose you no one will ever know.

Our thoughts are always with you, your place no one can fill.

In life we loved you dearly; in death we love you still.

There will always to be a heartache, and often a silent tear.

But always a precious memory of the days when you were here.

If tears would make a staircase, and heartaches make a lane,

We’d walk the path to heaven and bring you home again.

We hold you close within our hearts; and there you will remain,

To walk with us throughout our lives until we meet again.

Our family chain is broken now, and nothing seems the same,

But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.