The Rev. Charles Hurt Murphy, Jr., 79, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, died Aug. 18 at home.

A native of Montgomery, AL, he was a graduate of Howard College and Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1963 and priest in 1964, then was vicar of St. Stephen's, Brewton, and St. Mary's, Andalusia, AL, 1963-67, rector of Grace, Birmingham, AL, 1967-72, and rector of St. Bartholomew's, Nashville, TN, 1972-83. From 1983 until 1992, he and his wife, Anne, led more than 300 teaching missions in 40 states and wrote three books. In recent years he served as an associate at St. Andrew's Church in Mt. Pleasant. Before ordination, he was a pianist, singer, composer and entertainer and television and radio performer in Hollywood, CA, and Birmingham, AL. He is survived by his wife, Anne, a daughter, Donna Murphy Dardani, of Easton, CT; and three sons, the Rt. Rev. Charles H. Murphy III, of Pawleys Island, SC, the Rev. Timothy H. Murphy, of Florence, AL, and John Christopher Murphy, of Birmingham.