Peggy J. Murphy

Peggy J. Murphy, better known as “P.J.”, age 68, of Clinton, passed away at her residence in Clinton on Saturday, June 1.

P.J. was a highly respected deputy sheriff for 16 years at the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department and was the first female officer hired for the Clinton Police Department. She was an avid University of Tennessee football fan.

Peggy is preceded in death by her grandmother, Beatrice Pyle; father, Henry Wallace; brother, Frank Wallace; aunts, Katy Childs, Pauline Beeler, Dorothy Phillips, and Margaret Hulsey; and uncle, Claude Pyle.

P.J. is survived by her mother, Nola Wallace of Andersonville; daughters, Tracy Sadler of Alcoa, Stacy Sadler Combs of Claxton, Lyndsai Murphy Thoma and husband Albert, of Clinton; grandchildren, Jonathan Taylor, Jordan Taylor, and Hannah Combs; aunt, Esta Stooksbury of Caryville; special friends, Becky Brown of Clinton, Linda Martin of Alcoa; special dogs, Chloe, Snoopy, Hank, and Bird Tee, and a host of nieces, nephews, and friends.

P.J.’s family will have a memorial for her on Monday, June 10, at 12 p.m. at Lakeview Baptist Church, located on West Wolf Valley Road in Clinton.