The Windows At Wesley : In Honor of Rev. David Guy Murray (1859-1916)

"Gethsemane". Photo by Phil Davis, c1988 WUMC, OKC

In the southern transept of the English Gothic sanctuary dedicated in May of 1928, below the balcony are a collection of four tall, narrow story windows donated by various people.

 

The window "Gethsemane" was donated by Mrs. D.G. (Belle Cloyd) Murray and Family to honor her late husband the Rev. David Guy Murray (b.1859, Ill). 

Murray had been a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, North.  In 1907, he was appointed District Superintendent of the churches in Oklahoma City and served in that capacity until 1913.  At the time of his death in 1916, he was a field representative for the Methodist Hospital in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

 

In 1928, when the window was installed by his family the design was probably chosen by the family, as several others indicated they chose scenes and sometimes colors. 

 

He left many friends, churches, and his family to mourn his passing. His children included: Rose C., Lee C., Grace E., Lois, Harold G., Merrill, and Richard C.

 

He was loved by many and among his pallbearers was a pastor of Wesley, H.C. Case.  He was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery in Oklahoma City.

Two books provide important verifications of this information: Oklahoma Methodism in the Twentieth Century by Clegg and Oden (1968) and Story of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Oklahoma by Brill (1939).  Brill's work includes a biography.