Earle C. Murdoch

Earle Cochran Murdoch, 101, husband of the late Alice Mollenhoff Murdoch, passed away on Monday, November 24, 2008 at the Carlisle Nursing Center in Due West, SC. He was born in the Antreville Community of Abbeville County on December 31, 1906 to the late Lawrence Earle and Annie Cochran Murdoch. Mr. Murdoch was a 1929 graduate of Clemson University and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. He was a retired Entomologist, Agronomist, Farmer and Teacher and a long time member of First Baptist Church of Abbeville. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Richard Earle Murdoch, three brothers and one sister. Surviving are two sons; Larry Murdoch and his wife Pat of Greer, SC and Thomas Murdoch and his wife Patty of Mahomet, IL; daughter-in-law, Judy Murdoch of Charleston, SC; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 9:30AM to 10:30AM on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Harris Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Saturday, November 29, 2008 at the First Baptist Church of Abbeville with the Rev. Wayne Wiggins officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Memorial contributions, in memory of Mr. Murdoch, may be made to the Connie Maxwell Children's Home, PO Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648 OR to the Due West Retirement Building Fund, PO Box 307, Due West, SC 29639. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com HARRIS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES is assisting the Murdoch family.