Edwin Murray

EDWIN GLYNN MURRAY, 76, A FORMER RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN ODESSA, TX, WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON NOV. 26, 2010, PASSING AWAY AT HOME SURROUNDED BY LOVING FAMILY.

BORN MAR. 4, 1934 IN CARLSBAD NM, HE MOVED TO ODESSA WITH HIS FAMILY IN 1945. EDWIN GRADUATED FROM ODESSA HS IN 1953.

HE WAS PRECEDED BY HIS FIRST WIFE, WANDA EARLINE KIRBY AND PARENTS, THOMAS JAMES MURRAY AND VIOLET LEE WILLIAMSON.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS THREE SONS, LARRY, JIM AND BILL MURRAY, BROTHER DONNIE MURRAY, 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 11 GREATGRANDCHILDREN.

AT AGE 17 HE JOINED THE NAVY AND SERVED TWO YEARS ON THE USS ESSEX CVA9. IN 1964 HE FOUNDED SMC, INC., IN ODESSA, OWNING THE BUSINESS FOR 43 YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 2007. EDWIN WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHOSE INTERESTS WERE FLYING, HUNTING AND FISHING.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE HANNA LULGJURAJ MURRAY, AND TWO STEPDAUGHTERS, DELILA AND ELIZABETH JUNCAJ.

EDWIN MOVED TO PHOENIX, AZ IN 2005 TO BE WITH HIS WIFE AND STEPDAUGHTERS.

VISITATION WILL BE FROM 57 PM FRI., DEC. 3, 2010 AND SERVICES AT 11 AM SAT., DEC. 4, 2010 AT SUNSET MEMORIAL GARDENS AND FUNERAL HOME, 6801 E. BUSINESS 20 IN ODESSA, TX.

EDWIN WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. REST IN PEACE.

Visitation

Sunset Memorial Funeral Home
6801 E. Business 20
Odessa, TX  79762
Friday, December 3, 2010
57 PM

Service

Memorial Service

Sunset Memorial Chapel
6801 E. Business 20
Odessa, TX  79762
Saturday, December 4, 2010
11:00 AM

Cemetery

Sunset Memorial Gardens
6801 E. Business 20
Odessa, TX  79762