November 14, 1970 ... Remembered

Memorial of the 1970 Marshall University Football Team Plane Crash

MATTHEW MURRILL RALSTON

Murrill Ralston was born in 1931 in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Matthew and Lucille Campbell Ralston. He was a graduate of Greenbrier Military Academy, Marshall University, and attended West Virginia University. He operated a clothing store, The Ralston, Ltd., in Huntington. At the time of his death he was a member of the Huntington City Council. His wife, Helen, died on the plane with him. They left a son, Murrill Ralston, III, and a daughter, Mollie.

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