Grants Pass Daily Courier
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, 2543 Redwood Ave., Grants Pass. Private inurnment will be at the Russian River Cemetery in Ukiah, Calif. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born May 14, 1915, in Burley, Idaho. On July 15, 1933, he married the former Letha Irene Nowlin at Gravette, Ark. For many years he operated his own auto repair shop in Ukiah. He also worked as a private contractor. He moved to Grants Pass in 1961 from Bozeman, Mont.
Morris was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. He was also a member of the Home Builders Association.
He enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting and traveling.
In addition to his wife, survivors include a daughter, Iona Dashiell of Grants Pass; two sons, Daniel W. Morris of Bozeman, Mont., and Brian Morris of Battle Ground, Wash.; a foster-daughter, Nora A. Powell of Medford; two brothers, Everett Morris of Alaska, and Jack Morris of Willits, Calif.; six sisters, Elva Dumas of Citrus Heights, Calif., Lorraine Coombs of Eureka, Calif., Jessie Schultz of Missouri, Nora Tucker of Willits, Bonnie Benback of Redwood Valley, Calif., and Viola Hanick of Scottsdale, Ariz.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A son, Robert Z., died in 1942
Grants Pass Daily Courier
Tuesday, November 9, 1999
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, 2543 Redwood Ave., Grants Pass. Private inurnment will be at the Russian River Cemetery in Ukiah, Calif. Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was born May 14, 1915, in Burley, Idaho. On July 15, 1933, he married the former Letha Irene Nowlin at Gravette, Ark. For many years he operated his own auto repair shop in Ukiah. He also worked as a private contractor. He moved to Grants Pass in 1961 from Bozeman, Mont.
Morris was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses. He was also a member of the Home Builders Association.
He enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting and traveling.
In addition to his wife, survivors include a daughter, Iona Dashiell of Grants Pass; two sons, Daniel W. Morris of Bozeman, Mont., and Brian Morris of Battle Ground, Wash.; a foster-daughter, Nora A. Powell of Medford; two brothers, Everett Morris of Alaska, and Jack Morris of Willits, Calif.; six sisters, Elva Dumas of Citrus Heights, Calif., Lorraine Coombs of Eureka, Calif., Jessie Schultz of Missouri, Nora Tucker of Willits, Bonnie Benback of Redwood Valley, Calif., and Viola Hanick of Scottsdale, Ariz.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A son, Robert Z., died in 1942
Family Members
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Jessie Irene Morris Shultz
1912–2002
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Rhoda Frances Morris Chapman
1913–1971
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Louis Earl Morris
1917–1995
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Frank Avery Morris
1919–1923
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Viola Mae "Ginger" Morris Hanick
1922–2003
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Lola Lorene Morris Coombe
1924–2004
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Nora Louise Morris Reed
1926–2013
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Everett Bartholomue Morris
1928–2006
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Elva June Morris Dumas
1928–2022
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Verda Corrine Morris
1933–1936
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Wilbert Vernon "Jack" Morris
1938–2014
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