Professional Services Entrusted To

Knotts Funeral Home 719 Wall Street

Sanford, North Carolina 27330

Phone: (919) 776-4345 / Fax: (919)776-0911

www.knottsfuneralhome.com

Floral Bearers Friends of the Family

Pall Bearers

Friends of the Family

Acknowledgements

The family acknowledges with deep appreciation the many expressions of love, kindness and concern

extended to them during this time of bereavement.

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

New Zion Missionary Baptist church

First Calvary Missionary Baptist church

Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of

Lee County

Phillip Lloyd, PA-C – Brick City Primary Care

Annette “Rex” McAuley

Anthony – Devine Cutz Barbershop

Lee County DSS Staff – Lisa Allen, John White and

Russell Clemons

Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:00 PM

3324 Truelove St, Sanford, NC 27332

Rev. Douglas Waterson, Pastor/ Eulogist

Sunrise March 3, 1917

Sunset March 22, 2020

Order of Service

Musical Prelude

Processional...………………………………………...…..Clergy and Family

Selection

Scripture Readings: Elder Curtis Boykin

Old Testament ~

New Testament ~

Prayer of Comfort…………………….………….……...Dr. Thomas Smith

Tribute…………………………………………….…...Vanessa Y. Murchison

Solo……………………………………………………….....Armintrus Downey

Eulogy…………..…………………….……………...Rev. Douglas Waterson

Solo………………………………………………………….Elder Curtis Boykin

Recessional

There is no night without a dawning No winter without a spring

And beyond the dark horizon Our hearts will once more sing …. For those who leave us for a while

Have only gone away Out of a restless, care worn world

Into a brighter day.

Helen Steiner Rice

Obituary

Fred B. Murchison, Sr. was born in Durham, NC to the late Marie S.

Terrell.

He was a lifelong member of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church

where he was a member of the Mission Choir and taught the Adult

Men’s Sunday School Class until his health declined. He was also a

member of the Silvertone Gospel Singers of Sanford, NC.

He served in the US Army during World War II and retired from the

City of Sanford.

Fred was married to the late Alise Johnson Murchison and was also

preceded in death by his son, Ronald A. Murchison.

Left to cherish memories of him are: his son, Fred B. Murchison, Jr.

(Margaret) Sanford, NC; his daughter, Vanessa Y. Murchison,

Sanford, NC; grandchildren, Fred. B. Murchison, III (Audrey) Sanford,

NC; Amanda Ervin (Charles) Dumfries, VA; Tiffany Walker,

Baltimore, MD; great-grandchildren, Charles P. Ervin, IV, Kendra I.

Ervin, Keyshawn Walker and Jalen Walker; great-great grand-

daughter, Amiya Ervin and many other relatives and friends.