The home of John Murphy, a life-long Hard Bargain resident, was destroyed by a fire on June 5, 2011. We are thankful that Big John, as he is affectionately called, escaped without injury. The company that insured John’s house for decades went out of business and John was left without homeowner’s insurance.
Big John has given his life to love and serve his neighbors and the Franklin community. He is a second generation stone mason, having done stone and brick work all around Williamson County. He was a Boy Scout leader in Hard Bargain for over 17 years, a Korean War veteran, masonry shop teacher at Franklin High and Page High, former Franklin police office and former deputy with the sheriff’s dept., lay minister in the Primitive Baptist Church, and for the past several years- a board member of Hard Bargain Mt. Hope Redevelopment and site superintendent of all the homes we have built.
