Casey Michelle Murphy, 29, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017.
Casey was a native of Carter County. She was a 2006 graduate of Unaka High School and attended Jenny Lea Academy. She loved being with her sons, her family and friends. She also loved horses. Casey was a member of Watauga Valley Free Will Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her father, Rex Murphy, in 1989; her grandparents, Earl and Goldie Murphy; and a special aunt, Melena Potter McCloud, in 2015.
Survivors include two sons, Camaron and McKinley Price; her mother, Vickie Potter; her maternal grandparents, R.L. and Norma Potter; her step-father, Billy Hardin; her step-sister, Ashley Campbell; a special cousin-sister, Cassandra Townsend; special friends, Doug McFadden and David Price; several aunts, uncles and cousins; one niece, Bethany Campbell; and one nephew, Brayden Campbell.
Funeral services for Casey Michelle Murphy will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 30, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bill Greer officiating. The graveside service and interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 31, at Happy Valley Memorial Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral home at 10:20 a.m. Friday, will be David Price, David Bryant, David Harrell, Dustin Bryant, Chad Bryant, Billy Hardin, Doug McFadden, Lynn Potter, Brandon Potter, Rick Potter, Scottie Potter and Daniel McCloud. Honorary pallbearers will be her Papaw R.L. Potter, Bryce McCloud, L.J. Scalf, Mark Potter, Kenneth Murphy, Tony Murphy, Jeff Gibble, Mark Gibble and Chase Potter. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Friends may also visit with the family at the residence of her maternal grandparents, R.L. and Norma Potter, 700 Blevins Avenue, Elizabethton. Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 10:20 a.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at our website: www.memorialfcelizabethton.
Memorial Funeral Chapel is serving the Murphy family.