Biography
Murray was born July 21, 1902, in the mansion of the Chickasaw Nation's Governor at Emet, Johnston County, Indian Territory. His early education was governed by the location of the work of his famous father, former Gov. William H. Murray.
Murray married Marion Draughon of Sulphur, Oklahoma, in 1923, and had one child. They divorced six years later and he married Willie Roberta Emerson in 1933.
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