Eric Thomas Murphree

October 14th, 1994 - April 16th, 2021

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When I first met mcmurfree I thought he was a young dumb kid. Good climber but He was trying to fit in instead focusing on work. I told him to shut up and step up. And he did that. He earned that foremans spot. I saw him slowly change and He became someone i enjoy working with. He humbled himself and that is so hard to do when your a tree trimmer. I remember these 5 or 6 really big maples in the backyards of these really nice houses. I climbed and roped all of them all week long. On the last biggest tree. I was fatigued and cut a branch and hit a fence. I came down to take a break. Thats when eric showed up to the jobsite because he was done early with his work. He told me he could finish the tree for me. Not out to impress anyone or show off. No one told him too. He did it because he wanted to help me and the team. Because he had the skills and it needed to be done. I was impressed that he stepped up and he finished the tree like a boss. I shook his hand that day. He earned every bit of my respect. I wish we would have climbed more trees together.