McMurtry - James G.
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana. March 11, 1954
The Rev. James G. McMURTRY 84 of Houston, Texas, a prominent
graduate of Wabash College who for more than half a century was a
Presbyterian minister was found dead Thursday in his car near
Houston, according to a message received by a sister, Miss
Sophronia McMurtry, 215 W. Main Street. Rev. McMurtry was enroute
from Dallas, Texas to Houston where he was to have preached his
first sermon Sunday as pastor for a Huston Presbyterian Church,
was believed to have died of a heart attack. Mr. McMurtry was
born near Marshall where he spent his boyhood. He was graduated
from Wabash College in the class of 1893 and entered the ministry
after attending theological school. Mr. McMurtry was a frequent
visitor in Waveland, having given his lecture of the 23rd Psalm
here not long ago. Surviving besides his sister are a son, James
G. McMurtry, Jr. of Houston, Tx and a daughter in Fredricksburg,
VA. The son attended Wabash College in the class of 1924. The
funeral was held Saturday at Houston where burial was made.