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AdkinsOlivia Halverson<br />
Every young person faces the daunting question, “What do you want to be when you<br />
grow up?” For Murphy, his answer came after a lot of life experience. Murphy decided to<br />
pursue a science degree at Lambuth University with intentions of becoming a pharmacist.<br />
After meeting and marrying his wife, Ruth Martin, during their senior year of college,<br />
Murphy began to second-guess his decision on pharmacy. Murphy joined his wife in the<br />
teaching profession for a year before he went on to finish pharmacy school at the University<br />
of Tennessee. Murphy fell in love with teaching saying, “The chalk dust got under my<br />
fingernails and inoculated me.” Despite Murphy’s newfound passion in teaching, he finished<br />
pharmacy school and moved with his family to Mississippi.<br />
Early in their marriage, Murphy and Ruth were told they would not be able to have<br />
children. So, they decided to adopt. First, they adopted David, their oldest son. Then, while<br />
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