Jonathan Lee Murphy Sr.

Published 9:39 am Friday, April 7, 2017

Jonathan Lee Murphy Sr. passed away Monday, April 3, at his residence.  He was 33.  He was a member of the Porter’s Chapel M. B. Church and a 2001 graduate of Vicksburg High School.

Funeral services will be Saturday, April 8, at Porter’s Chapel M.B. Church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Manny Murphy officiating.

Interment will follow at Porter’s Chapel Cemetery with W.H. Jefferson Funeral Home in charge.

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He was preceded in death by his mother, Linda Faye Crawford; his father, John Amos Murphy; and his grandfather, Pollis Crawford.

He is survived by his son, Jonathan Lee Murphy Jr. of Hattiesburg; his sister, LaShounda Crawford of Bedford, Texas; his maternal grandmother, Rose Mae Crawford of Vicksburg; paternal grandmother, Willie Mae Murphy of Vicksburg; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and others.