Background
Murphy, Alma Shirley was born on February 13, 1941 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Joseph Franklin Kirkpatrick and Goldie Evelyn Frazier.
Murphy, Alma Shirley was born on February 13, 1941 in Ashland, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Joseph Franklin Kirkpatrick and Goldie Evelyn Frazier.
Graduated from high school, Baltimore.
Realtor associate Anne Arundel County, 1977—1982. Sales manager LaFontaine Bleu Catering, 1982—1987. Vice president Allstate Alarm Systems, Inc., 1987—1994, public relations director, 1994—1998.
Elected to Anne Arundel County. Council, 1998—2002; outreach coordinator Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, since 2003.
Vice president Anne Arundel County Taxpayers Reform Committee, 1970—1972. Member Anne Arundel County Committee Political Education, 1970—1974, North Glen Parent Teacher Association, 1968—1977, North Glen Community Association, 1969—1977, vice president, 1974, president, 1975—1977. Member United Council Civic Association, 1968—1977.
Appointed commissioner Anne Arundel County Housing Authority, 1974—1977. Coordinator Cystic Fibrosis Campaign, 1974—1975. Founding member Greater Pasadena Council, 1977.
Member, vice president Rock View Beach./Rivera Isles Improvement Association, 1977—2003. Chair teleparty American Heart Association, 1990—1993. Active Anne Arundel County Drug Abuse Resistance Education and Take Back Our Saints programs, since 1991.
Married Francis Joseph Murphy Junior, June 21, 1959. Children: Robin Denise, Dina Rene.