Michael Scott Murley

He is survived by his wife, Kelly Murley, three children, Paul Murley and his wife Cassie Murley, Ben Murley, and Sarah Murley, three stepchildren, Caroline McNair and her husband Cole McNair, Parker Smith, and Kaitlyn Smith, and three grandchildren, Evelyn McNair, Avery McNair, and Charlotte McNair. He is also survived by his father, David Murley, and two brothers, David Murley Jr. and his wife Susan Murley and Stephen Murley and his wife Jackie Murley, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his mother, Lou Murley, and a brother, Patrick Murley.

Michael grew up in Winnsboro, Texas and graduated from Winnsboro High School in 1979. He graduated

from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983 and was an avid Longhorn fan.

He worked at EDS, American Airlines, Mobil Oil, and, since 1994, BMC Software in Austin. He worked in

various data management roles at BMC and was awarded 4 patents.

Michael was a committed Christian. He served on the St. Luke’s on the Lake Episcopal church vestry, and taught Sunday school and Kids Church there. He also served as a lay reader and schedule coordinator in addition to many other committees and responsibilities.

On June 13, 2009, Michael and Kelly were married at St. Luke’s on the Lake Episcopal Church.

At St. Luke’s, Michael and Kelly both found deep spiritual growth and developed many lifelong friendships.

In 2011, they left St Luke’s and joined Bethany United Methodist Church. At Bethany, they were surrounded by a loving community of believers. In particular, their Sunday school class showed great Christian care for them, especially as Michael’s health declined.

Michael loved words and was a stickler for good grammar and punctuation. He relished the chance to edit the written word. Even though he worked as a computer programmer, his degree was in English, and technical writers at BMC Software learned not to try to correct his writing.

He was also a long-time (and long-suffering) Texas Rangers baseball fan. He was fond of saying “No one could ever forget Game 6 of the 2011 World Series. I know because I’ve tried.”

Michael was also a big fan of Jeopardy and recorded the show every day on DVR. Anyone “lucky” enough to be around when it was time to binge watch all the recordings soon learned that Michael had a habit of fast forwarding through all the fluff, like the players answering awkward questions about themselves, to get to the meat of the show.

Michael will be committed into the loving arms of Jesus surrounded by family and friends at a memorial service in Austin, Texas, on a date still to be determined.

Below is the link for the live stream of the service this Saturday, 4/17 at 10:00am:

https://www.stlukesonthelake.org/murley

Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, we are limited to a small number of family attending the service in person.

For those who we have spoken with about attending in person, please remember that masks are required. A sack-lunch reception will be held outdoors immediately following the service. The weather will likely be cool, so please dress appropriately. The video should begin 5 minutes before the service starts (9:55am Central Time). Please try to refresh/reload the page if the video is not working for you at that time.