Billy Dean Murray, 90, Kingston, Mo., passed away at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis on January 22, 2015.

He was born on June 26, 1924, in Kingston, Mo., to Virgil Turner Murray and Mattie Francis Jackson. He graduated from the Kingston High School in 1942. He served in the U.S. Army where he was trained as an x-ray technician. While on leave, he married his high school sweetheart, Donna Marjorie "Mitzi" Hill on March 8, 1944. Following his service, they moved to Kansas City where they worked at Pratt and Whitney. They then moved to Kingston where they owned a grocery store. Bill worked at the Hamilton Advocate newspaper until 1957. He was a rural mail carrier for 27 years until he retired in 1984.

Bill was a member of the Kingston Federated Church, the Hamilton American Legion Post #285, and he was a charter member of The Kingston Navy.

Bill was preceded in death by his wife, Mitzi; his parents; and his sister, Mary Louise Gastineau.

Survivors: Daughter, Teresa Franklin (Husband, Ron), Sullivan, Mo.; Son, Denny Murray (Wife, Susan), California, Maryland; Four grandchildren-Marci Franklin, Bethany Lohden (Husband, Michael), Amy Murray and Tyler Murray; and Three Great-Grandchildren-Kamryn, Charlie, and Molly Lohden.

Funeral Service: 10 a.m., Tuesday, January 27, at the Kingston Federated Church.

Visitation: Monday evening, on January 26, at Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Interment: Kingston Cemetery, Kingston.

Memorials: The American Diabetes Association or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.