Scott Robert Murray, 59, died December 16, 2018 in Corrales, New Mexico. He was born December 10, 1959, in Muskogee, OK, to Robert H. Murray and Joan (Bass) Murray. Scott was educated in Muskogee Public Schools. He attended Tony Goetz Elementary and Alice Robertson Jr. High. Scott found his true calling as a salesman while in high school - selling menswear at S&Q Clothiers. He graduated from Muskogee High School in 1978. 

Scott married Jyl Smith on Christmas Eve, 1988 in Ponca City’s First Christian Church. In Tulsa, they welcomed sons, Jon Robert and Tailor in 1991 and 1992. The family moved to the village of Corrales, NM in 1995 where Scott lived and worked in the wine and restaurant industry until his death. Because of his kindness and gregarious personality he was unofficially dubbed the “Mayor of Corrales.”

Scott’s Grandpa Bass and Uncle JB taught him and his cousins how to fish when they were children. He passed this tradition on to his sons and cherished the time they spent fly fishing the rivers and streams of the southwest. Fatherhood was Scott’s greatest joy and raising Jon and Tailor his crowning achievement in life.

Scott is survived by: his wife of 30 years, Jyl Smith Murray; sons, Jon Robert and Tailor Scott; mother, Joan Murray-Hogan of Muskogee; mother-in-law, Janelle Eichor of Ponca City; two sisters, Robin Murray (Dean Coke) of River Falls, WI and Denise Sanders (Joseph) of La Porte, IN; sister-in-law, Jana Smith of Ponca City; brother-in-law, Jeff Smith of Ponca City; uncles, J.B. Bass of Muskogee and R.E. Holwell of Denver, CO; and aunt, Barbara Murray of Claremore.

Scott was blessed with a large extended family spread across the United States. He was a devoted uncle to his many nephews and nieces and their families: Brian Chrismon and wife Diana of Minneapolis, MN; Chris Curtis and wife Tena and their sons, Bayon and Ryder of Claremore; Brandon Curtis and wife Tiffany of Fayetteville, AR; Michael Curtis of Bloomington, IN; Matthew Coke of River Falls, WI; HC Noll of Ponca City; Lindel Godfrey and daughter, Piper of Ponca City; and Madison Wilson of Ponca City.

Scott is survived by first cousins: Galen Holwell, Mike Holwell, Janet McCabe, Marilyn Slayton, Lisa Adamson, Gayle Yarbrough, Stacye Beane, Lenette Lawless, Mark Murray, Kelly Murray, Donita Cotter, Steve Murray and Stan Murray.

Scott was preceded in death by his father Bob Murray, father-in-law John Smith, grandparents Floyd and Mary Bass, and W.T. and Pearl Murray; uncles Homer Murray, Leo Murray, Don Cotter; aunts Barbara Bass, Jackie Holwell, and June Cotter; and first cousins April Holwell, David Jay Bass, anad Don Stanton Cotter.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, December 23, 2018 at Southeast Baptist Church, 2511 East Hancock, Muskogee. OK.