Alta L. Murphy, age 82, a San Antonio resident for 60 years, died Tuesday afternoon at St. Luke's Baptist Hopital. She was predeceased by her husband, James M. Murphy Sr.; grandson, James M. Murphy III; and parents, Eula Mae and Charles Craig. Survived by daughter , Patricia Murphy, San Antonio; son and daughter-in-law, James M. and Carol Murphy, Springfield, Virginia; grandchildren, Shannon and Marlon Padilla, Catherine and Patrick Brunner, Irene Murphy, Margaret Murphy, and Craig and Nicole Murphy; great-grandchildren, Ainsley Koch, Patricia D. Murphy, Lorelai Brunner, Finn Brunner, Illyria Brunner, and Trude Padilla.