Jewel Isabel Murphree

Jewel was born to Gus and Bessie Hobbs on August 1, 1935, in Vera, Texas.

She married Willie Murphree on September 14, 1953. They were married for 53 years before his passing. They had a marriage that all would be envious of, and he adored her. Jewel was a homemaker with a wonderful knack for keeping a beautifully decorated, immaculate home.

Jewel is preceded in death by her husband Willie, her beloved son Rick, her mother, Bessie, two sisters and one brother. Jewel is survived by her daughter Shanna Murphree, of Bronte, Texas, daughter in law, Barbara Murphree of Spring, Texas, and honorary daughter, Cathy Bateman of Midland, Texas.

Jewel is also survived by six grandchildren, Traci, Ricky, Carolla, Nathan, Joshua, and Joseph. She is also survived by eight great grandchildren, Devin, Caleb, Gauge, Ryder, Blake, Connor, Liam, and Aiden.

Many thanks to Hospice of Midland and Home Instead for their love and kindness.

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race.”

A visitation @ ellis funeral home for Jewel will be held Thursday, May 5, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. A graveside service will occur Friday, May 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM.

I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says; "There, she is gone!

"Gone where?"

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear the load of living freight to her destined port.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout. "Here she comes!"

And that is dying.

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