Scott Murphy

Scott Murphy of Galestown, MD passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the Memorial Hospital at Easton. He was 44 years old. He was born March 23, 1967 in Easton, son of Wayne M. Murphy and Marie Turpin Coulbourne. He was a graduate of Colonel Richardson High School Class of 1985 and had attended Chesapeake College. He served his country in the United States Army. He was employed by UPS Freight in Federalsburg as a tractor trailer driver. He was a member of the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in Sharptown where he taught Sunday School, served as a Lay Minister and a member of the Pastor Parish Relations Board. Scott has played and coached baseball for 20 years. He played for The Historical Society Vintage Baseball of Talbot County Fair Plays, Maryland’s first Vintage Baseball Club, where he was also served as Captain. For the past 6 years Scott attended the Ravens NFL Football Camp at the M & T Stadium where he served as coach, teaching the fundamentals of Flag Football. He coached Flag Football in Preston for 9 years, coached Pop Warner Football in Delmar, and coached Indoor Soccer for Nets in Salisbury. He was a member of the American Legion Post 243 in Hurlock. He is survived by his father, Wayne M. Murphy and his wife Sherry of Seaford, DE, his mother Marie Turpin Coulbourne and her husband Wayne of Federalsburg, his wife of 26 years, Kim Parrott Murphy of Galestown whom he married on Dec. 8, 1984, two sons, Daniel Murphy and Todd Murphy, both of Galestown, grandson Noah Michael Charles of Sharptown; 2 brothers, Alan Murphy of Hurlock, MD and Jeff Murphy of East New Market, MD; 2 half-sisters Sharon Sexton of Georgetown, DE and Shanna Murphy, of Seaford, mother-in-law Bertie Parrott of Cambridge, MD, a nephew Dylan Murphy of Hurlock and a niece Madison Sexton of Georgetown. He was preceded in death by grandparents Allice and Francis Turpin, and Roy Murphy and father-in-law Harry Parrott, Jr. Funeral services will be held on Sat. July 16, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg with Rev. Everett Landon officiating. Interment will follow in Junior Order Cemetery in Preston, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made in his memory to the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 132, Sharptown, MD 21861 or to the Historical Society of Talbot Co. Fair Plays, 25 S. Washington St., Easton, MD 21601

Scott Murphy

March 23, 1967 - July 9, 2011