Murphy Rites Arranged For C.W.Savage Murphy-
Funeral services for C.W. Savage, 81, Murphy hotel operator and businessman, who died of pneumonia Friday morning in a Murphy hospital, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Murphy Presbyterian Church. He had been for only a few hours. Mr. Savage came to Murphy in 1915. He operated the Regal Hotel for a number of years, and later erected the Savage Hotel which he operated at the time of his death. He was a native of Stokes County and spent his early years in Mt. Airy. Surviving are the widow; an adopted son, W. Burt Savage of Norfolk, Va; three brothers, W.A. of Cornelia, Ga., Charles P. of Tacoma, Wash; and Walter G. of Baton Rouge, La., two sisters, Mrs. A.J. Burns of Murphy, and Mrs. J.T. Griffith of Cornelia, Ga., four grandchildren and three nieces. Burial will be at Sunset Cemetery, members of the Murphy Masonic lodge will conduct graveside rites.
Asheville Citizen Times Mar. 25, 1950