Lizzie Trigg Murphy White, daughter of William R. and Lucy Shelton
Trigg, was born near Simpson on November 20, 1889, and entered
eternal rest in the Methodist Hospital in Peoria, Ill., on Saturday,
May 1, 1971, having attained the age of 81 years, 5 months and
11 days.
She became the bride of T. Boyd Murphy on April 12, 1914. They
established their home on a farm near Robbs, Ill. Nine children
were born to this union. One daughter, Floy, died at the early
age of eight years.
They labored together on the farm for 41 years until September
10, 1955, when Boyd was called to his eternal home. She and a
younger son, Kenneth, remained on the farm until 1957, when they
moved to Robbs.
She was married to Simeon White on August 28, 1965. They made
their home in Creal Springs for these past 5 ½ years.
She accepted Christ as her personal Savior in 1942. Although
she never affiliated with any church, her faith in God remained
strong these many years.
She leaves to cherish her memory, her husband, Simeon White; five
daughters and three sons, Ruby Noll, East Peoria, Ill., Mary Phelps
of Port Byron, Ill., Lennie Abbott, Clarendon Hills, Ill., June
Street, Ozark, Ill., Pauline Brown, Bloomington, Ill., Byron S.
Murphy, Lebabon, Tenn., T. Maurice Murphy, Peoria Heights, Ill.,
and Kenneth R. Murphy of Tinley Park, Ill.; six step-children,
Beulah Odum, Herrin, Ill., Elsie Simmons, Creal Springs, Ill.,
Loudean Rich, Marion, Ill., Georgia Brimm, Elgin, Ill., Cecil
White of Indiana, and Delois White, Creal Springs; three brothers,
Joe Trigg, Simpson, Ill., Bert Trigg, Peoria, Ill., and one sister,
Mary Faulkner, Ozark, Ill., 22 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren,
along with many other relatives and a host of friends.
Burial was in Glendale Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Richards officiating.
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