Sandra High Murray
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85, of Tampa, passed away March 29, 2022. She was born in Shinnston, WV on December 19, 1936 to the Revs. Henry & Mabel High. She was a graduate of Stonewall Jackson High School in Charleston, WV. She attended Concord College in Athens, WV for two years and graduated from Marshall University in Huntington, WV, earning a degree in education. On June 14, 1958, she married James K. Murray, Jr., and they moved to Florida the same year. She is survived by her children, Susan Murray of Pinellas Park, FL, Jack Murray III (Mary), Mike Murray (Allison) and Scott Lee (Erika), all of Tampa, Florida. Sandy was the proud grandmother of Sarah Shanklin and Charlie Ragsdale of St. Petersburg, FL, Ashton Tingas (Arthur) of New York, NY, Jack Murray IV (Emma), Kaitlin and Cody Murray of Tampa, FL, Jennifer Kent (Tommy) of Gainesville, FL and Michael Murray, Jr. of Leeds, UK, and the delighted great-grandmother of Delilah and Daniel Shanklin, Jackson, Adeline and James Lee, and Allison, Miriam and Anastasia Kent. She was predeceased by her husband Jack Murray, Jr. in 2019. Following the Murray family tradition, there will be a private service for immediate family members only, and a later internment of the ashes in the Murray family cemetery in Charlottesville, Virginia. If desired, memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Episcopal Church, 906 S. Orleans Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606 or to Created Women, Inc., P.O. Box 5717, Tampa, FL 33675.