When some people die, you regret you didn’t spend more time with them. Quincy Murphy was one of those people. He was a gentleman, a loving father and husband, a successful businessman, a dedicated public servant, a Christian and a sympathetic friend.
In an interview at the state Capitol during his first term as state representative in 2003, he said he had a special concern for the elderly, perhaps because he was reared by his grandmother in Edgefield County, S.C., which he called “a tremendous blessing” because of the wisdom she imparted that had benefitted him to that day.
“And I guess the thing I really get emotional about is that she said, ‘Oftentimes, blessings that is bestowed on us is not destined for us. It’s destined for someone else. We’re just used as a conduit to provide blessings for those persons that can’t necessarily help themselves.’
“That philosophy is one that I’ve taken into the early campaign and to my service here at the state House in that I want to be a voice and a representative for the people of Richmond County of the district I represent.”
And he was, as evidenced by the great sorrow here and throughout the state at his passing.
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