Timpson Area Genealogy and Heritage Society  excitedly announces Neal Murphy will be the speaker at  theJune meeting at 2 PM, Wednesday, June 16. The  group will meet in the community room at the rear of the Timpson Public Library.  

 

Mr. Murphy resides in his birthplace , San Augustine, Texas,  with his wife, Clara. The father of two children,   grandfather of five grandchildren,  and great

grandfather  of four great grandchildren,  earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from SFASU in Nacogdoches. The holder of a Master's Degree in General Insurance, Mr. Murphy,  also studied religion at Baylor. He has served  his Baptist church as deacon, Sunday School teacher, and choir director.

 

Mr. Murphy  began  a writing career in 2005, and has published five books and over thirty-five short stories.. These stories have been published in several magazines, including Reminisce. His weekly stories are published in San  Augustine Tribune, The Sabine County Reporter,  Huntington-Diboll News, Around the Town,  and Shelby County Today.  

 

Mr. Murphy will speak to us about  the 1919 Jail Museum in San Augustine where he currently serves as docent He has promised to share one or two of his stories about growing up in rural East Texas, also

These stories are humorous  and  provide a positive look into a bygone era.

 

We invite the public to join us and enjoy Mr. Murphy's presentation.