EDWARD J. MURPHY Jr.

EDWARD JEROME MURPHY, JR., 76  Lt. Col., US Army (Ret.)  
Of Seven Lakes, North Carolina, formerly of Fairfax, VA, passed February 2, 2013. Mr. Murphy was born December 27, 1936 in Baltimore, MD to the late Edward Jerome Murphy, Sr. and Elizabeth Ann (O'Connor) Murphy. Rite of Committal will be held Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Myer Memorial Chapel. Interment with Full Military Honors will follow at Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Murphy served his country in the US Army during the Vietnam War. After graduating from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Murphy was commissioned in the Army in 1958 and served for twenty years. Mr. Murphy was honorably discharged at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1978 at Fort Myer, Virginia. He then went on to teach Jr. ROTC at Treadwell High School in Memphis, Tennessee and Calvin Coolidge High School in the District of Colombia. After retiring as a Jr. ROTC instructor, Mr. Murphy moved to Seven Lakes, NC, where he was a member of the Beacon Ridge Golf and Country Club and also worked part time at the Pinehurst Resort.  He is survived by his wife of twenty-five years, Patricia (Repine) Murphy; two sons, Edward J. Murphy, III and wife, Dianne of Leesburg, VA; and Timothy P. Murphy and wife, Kathy of The Woodlands, TX; stepson, Kevin Kennedy of Lorton, VA; stepdaughter, Colleen Kennedy (late husband, James Cunningham) of Lorton, VA; brother, James F. Murphy of Seattle, WA; five grandchildren, Edward J. Murphy, IV., Matthew Murphy, Jordan Murphy, Kaitlin Murphy and Nicole Murphy; two step-grandchildren, Warrant Officer Mark Miller and Capt. Matthew Miller.