Obituary

Graveside services for Cora McMurrian, 86, of Buhl, Idaho, former Plainview and area resident, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Plainview Cemetery with Danny Ramos officiating. Arrangements are by Serenity Funeral Home in Twin Falls, Idaho where she was cremated May 6. Mrs. McMurrian died Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at Snake River Rehabilitation Center in Buhl. She was born Oct. 23, 1918, in Dierks, Ark., the daughter of Donald and Mary Elmer McAnnally Weems. She married Charlie Allison McMurrian on Jan. 21, 1939, in Pike County, Ark. The family followed the fruit crops for many years before settling in the Plainview area. After her husband's death in 1983, she moved to Idaho to live with her youngest son. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Terry Dugan of Filer, Idaho; four sons and daughters-in-law, Donald and Wanda McMurrian of Nampa, Idaho; Bennie and Debbie McMurrian of Fruitland, Idaho; Ruddie and Jan McMurrian of Floydada and Larry and Barbara McMurrian of Plainview; 28 grandchildren; and 53 great-grandchildren. Her parents; three sons, Charles Lee, Wendall Dean and Daniel Gale; and a grandson, Bennie Dale, also are deceased. The family suggests memorials to Alzheimer's Association National Office, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, Ill. 60601 or to the Memorial Bible Chairman, Plainview Gideon Camp, P.O. Box 771, Plainview, TX 79073-0771.