Augusta, GA---Patricia "Patsy" S. Murphy, wife of the late Charles Andrew Murphy, entered into rest on Tuesday, May 29th, 2012.
Funeral mass will be celebrated at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 11:00 am with Rev. Scott Winchel as celebrant. Interment will be at Westover Memorial Park following the mass.
Pat was born in Augusta and graduated from Mt. St. Joseph High School and the Barrett School of Nursing. Then, she worked as a Registered Nurse at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Pat was an active member of St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church and the University Hospital Nursing Alumni. Pat loved life and shared her passion and fire with everyone she met.
In addition to her late husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents and brother, James “Jimmy” Spears.
Surviving family members include her children, Jim Murphy and his wife Elise, son Duncan, daughter Victoria, Cheryl Murphy, son Charlie, daughters Amanda, Kimberly and Tiffany and Cynthia Wilson and her husband Brian and daughter Ashlyn and great-grandchild, Bailey, brother, Chester Wilson “Chip” Spears, Jr., sisters, Phyllis Holland Badke, Sandra Boysworth and special sister in law, Marlene Spears.
Pallbearers will be Jamie Spears, Charlie Spears, Mike Leonard, Duncan Murphy, Steve Platke and Andrew Sprouse.
A vigil for the deceased will be held at 6:00 pm on Thursday evening, May 31, 2012 at Platt’s Crawford Avenue Chapel with Rev. Gerald Ragan officiating. The family will greet friends following the vigil until 8:00 pm.
Following the interment services on Friday, the family will receive friends at the residence of Marlene Spears, at 3137 West Lake Forest Drive, Augusta, GA, 30909.
If so desired, memorials may be made to the University Health Care Foundation, 2100 Central Avenue, Suite D-1, Augusta, GA 30904 or St. Mary on the Hill Catholic School, 1420 Monte Sano Avenue, Augusta, GA 30904.