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- The Paducah Sun, Kentucky, Thursday, 23 February 2017
Karen Murphy
Karen Murphy, 59, of Decatur, Georgia, formerly of Paducah, died Sunday, February 19, 2017.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 25, 2017, atr New Hope Freewill Baptist Church with Pastor Ron Smith officiating.
Visitation will begin at noon Saturday at the church.
Karen Joyce Murphy was born August 2, 1957, to Bettie L. Murphy and the late Joe Knox Bass.
She was employed with Bell South Communications in Paducah, Kentucky. After decades of service sh became involved with the Union leading her to a position with C.W.A. (Communication Workers of America) which landed her in the Atlanta area.
She leaves to cherish her memory a son, Rynara J. Murphy of Nashville, Tennessee; her mother, Bettie L. Murphy of Union City; a sister, Sheila Bass of Union City, Tennessee; two brothers, Joe Williams od Detroit, Michigan, and Kim Simpson of Kenton, Tennesse; her Goddaughter, Jasmine Williams, her sister, Jada, borhter Jakobe and their mother, Marlena Williams; three cousins who were raised like sisters and a borhter, Judy (Godfrey) Jones, Robin Phelps and Jimmy (Michelle) Mosley, all of Union City, Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her father, Joe Knox Bass; two brothers, Knox Eric Bass and Gary Knox Williams.
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