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Memorial Dedication Set for Longtime Prince William County Library Employee
Meredith Murphree died of cancer in 2014; was applauded for work with community libraries.
HAYMARKET, VA — A permanent memorial for a longtime Prince William County library employee will be dedicated 5:30 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Haymarket-Gainesville Community Library.
Meredith Murphree, 62, died of cancer Dec. 2014.
According to a release from the Prince William Public Library System, Murphree began her career with the Prince William Public Library System in Dec. 1983 as a part-time circulation assistant at Central Library, worked briefly as a data entry clerk in Technical Services before being promoted to Gainesville Neighborhood Library Supervisor in 1986.
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She was instrumental, the release added, in the opening of the fifth neighborhood library on May 16, 1987 and served as its manager for 26 years until Dec. 2013.
Haymarket-Gainesville Community Library is at 14870 Lightner Rd.
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