Elaine Murphy

Mary Elaine Murphy, Marshfield, was born in Talladega Alabama on August 7, 1945, to B.H. and Mary Ruth (Ballentine) Mulkey. She departed this life on January 10, 2025, in Cox South, Springfield, at the age of 79 years after chronic illnesses.

Elaine received a bachelor's Southwest Baptist College.  She worked at the Department of Health Services as well as being a census taker for the state of Missouri

During her time at SWBC, she and several other ladies developed a long lasting friendship that continues today, often including travel and hours of conversation.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Bobby Murphy; one brother, Robert James Murphy.

She is survived by two sons, Michael and Janelle Murphy of Zephyr Texas, Jeffery Murphy of Columbia, Missouri; five grandchildren; and twelve great grandchildren.

Services will be Friday, March 14, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Fraker Funeral Home, Inc., Marshfield. Interment will follow in St. Luke Cemetery.