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Betty Driggers Murphy

May 17, 1942 — March 27, 2024

DAISY: Betty Driggers Murphy, 81, passed away March 27, 2024.
She was a member of the Daisy Methodist Church and worked several places within the community including IGA, Ace Hardware and DFACS. She was a former Board Member of the Ogeechee Tech Adult Learning Center in Claxton. Betty enjoyed reading and loved her family. She was known for her compassion and generosity and the wonderful meals that she prepared. She will be dearly missed by many.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Layton Murphy; parents, Frank and Rose H. Driggers; sons, Frank Layton Murphy and Christopher Wayne Murphy; brother, Jimmy Driggers.

SURVIVORS: son, Cecil Murphy of Dublin, Ga.; sister, Pauline (Gene) Pollett of Cartersville, Ga.; daughter-in-law, Tammy Murphy of Daisy, Ga.; grandchildren, Lori (Steve) Gordon, Kristen Murphy, Jonathan Murphy and Kyrie (Merric) Preston; great-grandchildren, Braxton Anderson, Lilith Wren Preston and Chase Murphy-Weathers; several nieces and nephews.

VISITATION: March 30, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.

FUNERAL: March 30, 2024, 2:00 p.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home Chapel.

BURIAL: Brewton Cemetery.

REMEMBRANCES: Brewton Cemetery, P.O. Box 978 Claxton, Ga. 30417.


Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Since 1917
(912) 739-3338
www.nesmithfuneralhome.com
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