Rosemary Pearce

Murphy

Rosemary Pear c e Murphy, age 91, of Grapevine, Texas , formerly of Sweetwater, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021 at Meadowood Assisted Living and Memory Care in Grapevine.

Graveside services will be Thursday , June 17, 2021 at 2:30 P.M. at Sweetwater Cemetery with Rev. Daniel Norton o ffic iating. McCoy Funera l Home is in charge of arrangements.

In l ieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to: Lamar Street Baptist Church, Benevolence Fund, 5 13 Lamar Street, Sweetwater Texas 79556 in memory of Rosemary Pearce Murphy.

Rosemary was born December 15, 1929 in Foreman, Arkansas to the late Franklin L. and Bertha Mae ( East a m ) Pearce. Later the family lived in Sweetwater for many years. She was a graduate of Newman High S chool in the late 19 4 0 ' s a nd was Val e dictorian of h er class . Rosemary was a member at Lamar Street Baptist Church in the 1950 ' s and early 1960 ' s. She married M.J. Murphy and was a homem aker. M.J. worked at USG for many years in Sweetwater.

Rosemary is s urvived by her children; Dena Deb veau x of Pennington Texas, Mark Murphy o f Blo wing Rock, Nort h Caro lina , Wel don Murphy of Grape vine, Texas , Mary Anne Log a of Sugarland, Texas, her sister; Molly Dixon and nephew; Adam Dixon both of Dallas.

She was preceded in death by her hus ba nd, two brothers; P e te and Dicky Pearce and her brot her - in-law and sister-in-law Sam and Polly Smith.