With heavy hearts, we, the Staff and Management of R. Swinson Funeral Services along with the Murray Family announce the transition of 93-year-old Mr. Malikiah Murray of 4252 Wyse Fork Road, Dover, NC on Friday, January 30, 2026, at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern, NC.

Service will be held 1:00pm Saturday, February, 14, 2026 from the Holy Bibleway Church in Richlands, NC, burial will follow in the Murray Family Cemetery in Willard, NC.  Visitation will be held on Friday, February 13, 2026, from the Robert Swinson, Jr. Memorial Chapel.

Mr. Murray is survived by three sons, Larry D. Murray of Hickory, NC, Donald R. Murray, Austin, Tx., Jerome Murray of Kinston, NC, four daughters, Marsha Wooten of LaGrange, NC, Joyce Murray of Kinston, NC, Angela Williams of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Gwendolyn Edgeston of Dover, NC, one brother, Jacob Murray of New York, fourteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, one great, great grandchild and a host of other family, relatives and friends.