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Jackson Lee Murry
(1876-1972)
Nancy Evie Pettis
(1877-)
Philllip Thompson
Acie Henry Murry Sr
(1897-1981)
Ione Thompson
(1899-1988)
Herbert Leroy "Bronc" Murry
(1925-2006)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Delores Bessie "Chatis" Hartwell

2. Joyce

Herbert Leroy "Bronc" Murry

  • Born: 20 Oct 1925, LA
  • Marriage (1): Delores Bessie "Chatis" Hartwell in 1949
  • Marriage (2): Joyce
  • Died: 3 Mar 2006 at age 80
  • Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Colfax, Grant, LA
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Obituary, 2006. Murry, Herbert Leroy “Bronc”

The Chronicle, 09 March 2006, p. 11


Murry, Herbert Leroy “Bronc”

Funeral services for Herbert Leroy “Bronc” Murry were held Tuesday, March 7 in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers, Pineville with Reverend Bob Boyt officiating. Burial was in Bethel Cemetery, Colfax.

Herbert “Bronc” Murry, 80, of Colfax passed away Friday, March 3, 2006 at Rapides Regional Medical Center.

Leroy started his own business in Bradford, Pennsylvania in 1974 named the H. L. Murry Drilling company. “Bronc” Murry traveled the world in pursuit of oil and gas. He had introduced a new type of rotary drilling rig, which he named Challenger, to the area with mobile and “portable” capabilities. He served in the United States Army as a Para Trooper.

His parents, Acie and Ione Thompson Murry and his brother, Otis G. Murry, preceded him in death.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Joyce Murry of Colfax; his sons, J. Kendall Murry of Colfax and H. Lee Murry, Jr. of Redding, Pennsylvania; his daughter, Margaret A. Walls of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania; his brothers, A. H. Murry, Jr. of Jonesville, Ernest E. Murry and Dewayne Murry both of Colfax and Patricia Murry of Haynesville; his sister, Margaret L. Murry of Camp Verdia, Arizona; his grandchildren, Nikki Murry, Kelly Murry, Stefanie Walls, Stacey Walls, and Matt Walls and great grandson, Riley Fox Murry.


Reprinted with permission from The Chronicle, Colfax, LA.

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• SSN Death Database. Name: Herbert L. Murry
SSN: 438-24-8859
Last Residence: 71417 Colfax, Grant, Louisiana
Born: 20 Oct 1925
Died: 3 Mar 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: Louisiana (Before 1951)


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Herbert married Delores Bessie "Chatis" Hartwell in 1949. (Delores Bessie "Chatis" Hartwell was born in 1928 and died in 1972.)


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Herbert next married Joyce.




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