CECIL CLINTON MORRIS, 90, GALLIPOLIS, OHIO, PASSED AWAY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2004 AT OVERBROOK CENTER, MIDDLEPORT, OHIO. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 20, 1914 IN STAATS MILLS, WEST VIRGINIA, SON OF THE LATE HARTFORD CLYDE AND ALMA KATE HERSMAN MORRIS.
CECIL WAS A FORMER BUS DRIVER FOR THE GALLIPOLIS CITY SCHOOLS AND RETIRED FROM GALLIPOLIS STATE INSTITUTE FOLLOWING THIRTEEN YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPORATION, THE GALLIA COUNTY SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER AND A MEMBER OF HARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FIRST WIFE, BLONDENA BLANCHE RADER, FEBRUARY 2, 1983 AND LATER MARRIED JOANNA PELFREY WHO SURVIVES HIM.
HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY:
FOUR DAUGHTERS:
CAROLE (CHARLES) MAHAN, WILLOW WOOD, OH
BARBARA (FRED) BONEN, VINTON, OH
ALICE (MILFORD) GILBERT, CHESHIRE, OH
DIANA (CHARLES) GRIFFIN, CLARKSVILLE, TN
TWO SONS:
CECIL (PHYLLIS) MORRIS II, FOREST, OH
WILLIAM (REBECCA) MORRIS, GROVE CITY, OH
TWO STEPDAUGHTERS:
SUE (TODD) WELLS, CLARKSVILLE, IN
MARY DISHMAN, GALLIPOLIS, OH
THIRTY-ONE GRANDCHILDREN
FORTY-SEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
FIVE GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN
ONE SISTER:
LYNDALL JARVIS, GALLIPOLIS, OH
TWO BROTHERS:
DANNY MORRIS, BIDWELL, OH
DONALD MORRIS, NORTH HUNTINGDON, PA
FOSTER BROTHER:
NORVAL (GERTRUDE) HERSMAN, LAWRENCEVILLE, PA
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:
ONE DAUGHTER
ONE SON
ONE STEPSON
THREE GRANDCHILDREN
ONE GREAT-GRANDSON
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 1:00 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2004 IN THE McCOY-MOORE FUNERAL HOME, WETHERHOLT CHAPELWITH REV. RON LEMLEY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN OHIO VALLEY MEMORY GARDENS, GALLIPOLIS, OH. FRIENDS MAY CALL THE FUNERAL HOME WEDNESDAY 2:00-4:00 P.M. AND 6:00-8:00 P.M.. CONDOLENCES MAY BE E-MAILED TO mccoymoore@charter.net or www.timeformemory.com/mm.
