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Sept. 5, 1944 – Feb. 9, 2015

NATCHEZ — Services for Edward Lee Murray, 70, of Natchez, who died Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, in Alexandria, La., will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Laird Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mark Richardson officiating.

Burial will follow at the Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday and from noon until service time Saturday, both at the funeral home.

Mr. Murray was born Sept. 5, 1944, in Natchez, the son of James Edward Murray and Annie Hill Murray.

He was a member of Lake St. John Community Baptist Church and the owner and operator of Old South Pest Control.

Mr. Murray was a lifetime entrepreneur and a wonderful provider for his family who he loved and cared for very much. He was known for his wit, storytelling and words of wisdom. He also had a love for life on the lake and spending time with his friends on Lake St. John.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister-in-law, Donna M. Hall; and a lifelong friend, Michael D. Doyle.

Survivors include his high school sweetheart and wife of 49 years, Rachel Hall Murray; one son, James L. “Jimmy” Murray and wife, Linda, of Natchez; one daughter, Michelle Murray Donald and husband, David, of Natchez; one sister, Shirley M. Buckley and husband, Tom, of Natchez; five grandchildren, Ashley T. Murray and boyfriend, Robert Rainwater, of Walker, La., Emily D. Murray, James L. Murray and their mother, Amy Nix Murray, all of Natchez, Murray D. Donald and Eli H. Donald, both of Natchez; one great-granddaughter, Emory C. Fuller of Natchez; one nephew, Kevin R. Kammerdiner and wife, Rhonda, of Hattiesburg; one niece, Leigh Ann Davis and husband, Walter, of Flowood; one great-niece; two great-nephews; a number of cousins; and special friends, Geneva Jordan Nick, James Gilbert, Tammy Gunter Wilson, Mary Shields Berry and Glen Allen Hall.

Pallbearers will be Dr. Jeff Anderson, Bo Mims, Newt Willis, Kevin Kammerdiner, Robert Rainwater and Glen Seyfarth.

Honorary pallbearers will be William R. “Billy” Smith and Dr. Nassem Jaffrani.

Online condolences may be sent to lairdfh.com.