V. Thomas Murray

1923 - 2003  (79 years)

• Name	V. Thomas Murray  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	22 Jul 1923	New York City, New York, New York   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 2003	Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina   [3]
  Person ID	I285945	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas William Murray
  Mother	Gwin LeMassena
  Family ID	F114274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Septima Holmes Porcher,   b. 29 Mar 1926, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida d. 18 Jun 2017, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	1951  [5]
  Children	1. Allison Murray   2. V. T. Murray, Jr.   3. John Porcher Murray
  Family ID	F114264	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2021

  
  

• Notes

  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 1, 2003 V. Thomas (Tom) Murray, died on Saturday, April 26, 2003, at his home in Atlanta. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, Septima Porcher Murray, daughter and son-in-law, Allison and Douglas S. McAdams of Mount Pleasant, SC, and their 3 children, Mac, Seppie, and Rob; son and daughter-in-law, V.T. (Chip) Murray, Jr. and Vicky of Lookout Mountain, GA, and their 6 children, Haskell, Drew, Babs, Will, Anna, and Sam; son and daughter-in-law, John Porcher (Jack) Murray and Jann of Mount Pleasant, SC, and their 3 children, Heyward, Courtney, and Susannah; and sister-in-law, Frances Porcher of Atlanta. Tom Murray was born in New York City, the son of Thomas William and Gwin LeMassena Murray. He grew up in West Englewood, NJ, where he was an Eagle Scout. He took competitive exams for the 4-year Governor's Scholarship to Rutgers University and came out first in the State. While at Rutgers, he enlisted in the Marine Corps on the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. As a Marine, he also attended Princeton University and served in the Pacific, including the battles of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. In college he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and a champion wrestler. As the Southeast representative of the Frank M. Sayford Company, he moved to Atlanta in 1949. He later started his own company, Murray Sales, Inc. Mr. Murray, whose father died when he was 9 months old, was always interested in helping fatherless boys. He started the Atlanta Big Brothers (now Big Brothers-Big Sisters) program and served on the national board of Big Brothers. He worked with that program for years before founding Hope for Atlanta Youth (HAY Fund), whose aim is to give inner-city youth the experience of living for 2 or more weeks in the summer with rural or suburban host families. Mr. Murray was twice named Atlanta's Father of the Year. He was a former member of the Vestry of All Saints Episcopal Church, a charter member of the Cherokee Town and Country Club, and a former member of Kiwanis and the Optimist Clubs.

  
  

• Sources

  [S67877] Obituary, Charleston Post and Courier, Frances Haskell Porcher, (April 6, 2021). [S67878] Obituary, The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC), Septima Holmes Murray, (June 23, 2017). [S9899] Cemetery index, Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, (Find-a-Grave). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index, Name: V. Thomas Murray Social Security Number: 073-18-1921 Birth Date: 22 Jul 1923 Issue Year: Before 1951 Issue State: New York Last Residence: 30305, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA Death Date: 26 Apr 2003 (Reliability: 3). [S67879] Obituary, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, V. Thomas Murray, (May 1, 2003).