His survivors include: his loving wife, Linda K. Burton, one daughter, Sandra Deloris Knox, two grandsons, Chukwuka Okoh and Channing Knox; six sisters, Bernice (Merrell) Madden, Annie B. Burton, Sarah (Johnny) Patterson, Ruby Burton, Sandra Murphy and Harriet (Larry) Patton; three brothers, Earnest Murphy, James Murphy and Michael Murphy; two aunts, Mary L. Wilburn and Elnora Carecter; his in-laws, Jimmy and Daisy Winston, Geraldine and Jimmy Strickland, Betty Hodgens, Regina Atkinson, Cassandra and John Brown, Calvin and Lynn Atkinson, Steve and LaTaya Atkinson and Kevin and Janice Williams; and, a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, other loving relatives and friends.