The Honorable Tim Murry
Mayor, City of Clermont

Tim Murry is a native Clermont resident and the fifth of 12 children. He attended Lincoln Park School and graduated from Clermont High School in 1972. He studied at Florida A&M University for two years before moving to Bridgeport, CT where he worked for the United Parcel Service.

In 1975, Tim joined the United State Air Force and was assigned numerous management and leadership duties, many that presented first-time challenges and fostered growth and development.

During the Gulf War, Tim accepted the leadership of a 24/7 operation responsible for the morale, welfare and recreation of 1,200 troops assigned to the war zone in Doha, Qatar. He received an achievement award for the success of this program. He proudly served his country with honor and distinction for more than 22 years

and retired in 1998.

Tim started a second, 21-year career in 1999 when he accepted a position with the United States Postal Service working in the area of Growth and Address Management. In 2001, he moved back to his old Clermont neighborhood, purchased a home and began making good on a childhood promise of giving back to and making a difference in his community.

He has served on Clermont’s Planning and Zoning Board and Code Enforcement Board and was recently re-elected to his second term as Clermont’s Mayor. He is the President of Christian Men in Action Community Development Corporation, Vice Chair of New Jacob’s Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Board of Trustees and Family Matters Food Program and serves as a board member for the South Lake Chapter, Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Tim served six years as the President of the South Lake Democratic Club and is a member of the Lake County Black Caucus, the South Lake Black Achievers and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He initiated the process to open a Boys and Girls Club in Clermont and has served on the advisory board for the Lake and Sumter Counties Boys and Girls Club Corporate Board. He helped establish the Lincoln Park Alliance and served on the board.

Married to Ocala native Kassier Kyler-Murry, Tim is the proud father to three children and grandfather to one little boy.

He believes you should never stop learning and has earned three Associate of Art degrees, a Bachelor of Science degree in Management/Human Resources from Park College and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

He has also been awarded numerous Commendation and Meritorious Service medals including Non-Commission Officer of the Year, Non-Commission Officer of the Quarter, and Athletic Director of the Year for Tactical Air Command.