HOLLEY TURNER MURDOCK

KENNESAW – Holley Turner Murdock, of Kennesaw Georgia, passed away peacefully in her home on December 10, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at Georgia Funeral Care, 4671 South Main Street, Acworth, GA 30101. Visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m., and the Life Celebration will begin at 2:00 p.m. An interment service for the family will be in Marshallville Cemetery where she will be laid to rest beside her father, R.P. Turner, in Marshallville, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be made to the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation (SBTF.org), 5400 Glenridge Drive NE, #422471, Atlanta, GA 30342, in memory of Holley Turner Murdock. A native of Marshallville, Georgia, Mrs. Murdock attended the Westfield School in Perry, Georgia, and graduated from the University of Georgia, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Mrs. Murdock went on to attend the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Mrs. Murdock’s nursing career spanned over 20 years in the neuro-intensive care field. Additionally, Mrs. Murdock earned her certification as an Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic and served as a Flight Nurse, participating in world-wide aero-medical evacuations and transport of critically ill or wounded patients. A servant leader, she took great pride in her role as a nurse preceptor, sharing her vast knowledge of critical care nursing with new nurses and nursing students. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2000, Mrs. Murdock continued to work in challenging health career environments for many years after. Mrs. Murdock faced her lengthy cancer battle with dignity, grace, and courage, believing that her own experience and example might give hope and encouragement to others facing such a devastating diagnosis. Mrs. Murdock was preceded in death by her father, Robert Pate “RP” Turner, Jr, of Marshallville, Georgia. Left to cherish the memories they shared with Holley are her loving and devoted husband, Kimball Murdock; her mother, Susan Hitchcock Turner; her brother, Robert Pate “Peyton” Turner III; her sister-in-law, Kristin Turner; her nieces, Emma Kate Turner and Caroline Lily Turner; sister in-law and brother in-law, Lisa and Jack Flanigan; her nephews, Jackson and Shane Flanigan; her aunt and uncle, Shelley and Tom Turner; and numerous friends, co-workers, care providers, and others whose lives she has touched. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. In Their Honor Funeral and Cremation Providers are entrusted with the Celebration of Life arrangements. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home in Perry has been entrusted with the burial arrangements.

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HOLLEY TURNER MURDOCK

December 10, 2024