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Submitted: 7/10/17 • Approved: 7/11/17 • Last Updated: 10/8/22 • R16148-G16148-S3
August 19, 1927 - May 10, 2017
Helen Dedeaux Murphy Decell, 89, of Bay St. Louis, MS passed away Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Bay St. Louis, MS. Helen was a lifelong member of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis. Helen loved to travel, her theme song in life was "On the Road Again".
She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great- grandmother and friend who will be sadly missed by all.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Dan Murphy; second husband, Louis Decell; son, Tim Murphy; parents, Roger and Amelia Dedeaux and two brothers, Clois Dedeaux and Roy Dedeaux.
She is survived by her four sons, Kenneth Murphy and his wife Tina, Ray Murphy and his wife Claudia, Audie "Rock" Murphy and his wife Joanie and Mark Murphy all of Bay St. Louis, MS; three daughters, Beverly Grogg and her husband Norman of Crestview, FL, Mary Collins and her husband Mike of Navarre, FL and Danelle Ramsel of Bay St. Louis; over forty grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren and Robin Morel of Navarre, FL.
Visitation will be held Saturday, May 13, 2017 at St. Rose de Lima in Bay St. Louis from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Garden of Memory Cemetery in Bay St. Louis.
Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St. Louis is in charge of the arrangements.
Contributed on 7/10/17 by debbraszymanski
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