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Elmer Lee Morris

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Elmer Lee Morris

Birth
Glensted, Morgan County, Missouri, USA
Death
6 Aug 1995 (aged 78)
Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Glensted, Morgan County, Missouri, USA
Plot
2nd 148
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Elmer Lee Morris age 78, of Odessa formerly of Versailles, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 6, 1995 at St. Mary's Hospital in Blue Springs. He was born May 27, 1917 in Glensted, Mo., the son of Richard and Bonnie Sparks Morris.
He was married on April 19, 1939 in Warsaw, MO to Rachel Paul who survives of the home.
Mr. Morris owned and operated Lee Morris Trucking Service in Sedalia, MO. for 35 years and was a member of the American Trucking Owners and Operators of America. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War ll, member of the V.F.W. of Blue Springs, had attended Glensted Methodist Church and was a business agent for the Teamster's Union #409 in Stockton, CA.
In addition to his wife he is survived by two sons, Richard Morris of Chattanooga, TN and Emory Morris of Odessa, MO; one daughter, Bonnie Morris Conrad of Houston, TX; two brothers, William Morris of Aurora, CO, and Robert Morris of Kansas City, MO; four sisters Devetta Harris of Lees Summit, MO., Beatrice Carpenter of Otterville, MO., Nadyne Epstein and Jeanne Craig both of Kansas City, MO; 11 grandchildren, 9 great- grandchildren, many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Joe C. Morris and two sisters, Betty Ann Morris and Mary Morris Turner Mullins.
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He took my arm with as much strength as he could muster and said, "Promise me you'll bury me in Glensted." That was the last thing he asked of me. As a young boy he roamed the countryside around the cemetery and church and hunted the fields. It was the place he loved more than all the places he traveled in his life. On his stone we had carved ." The thoughts of youth are long, long Thoughts." Bonnie Morris Conrad.
Elmer Lee Morris age 78, of Odessa formerly of Versailles, passed away Sunday afternoon, August 6, 1995 at St. Mary's Hospital in Blue Springs. He was born May 27, 1917 in Glensted, Mo., the son of Richard and Bonnie Sparks Morris.
He was married on April 19, 1939 in Warsaw, MO to Rachel Paul who survives of the home.
Mr. Morris owned and operated Lee Morris Trucking Service in Sedalia, MO. for 35 years and was a member of the American Trucking Owners and Operators of America. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War ll, member of the V.F.W. of Blue Springs, had attended Glensted Methodist Church and was a business agent for the Teamster's Union #409 in Stockton, CA.
In addition to his wife he is survived by two sons, Richard Morris of Chattanooga, TN and Emory Morris of Odessa, MO; one daughter, Bonnie Morris Conrad of Houston, TX; two brothers, William Morris of Aurora, CO, and Robert Morris of Kansas City, MO; four sisters Devetta Harris of Lees Summit, MO., Beatrice Carpenter of Otterville, MO., Nadyne Epstein and Jeanne Craig both of Kansas City, MO; 11 grandchildren, 9 great- grandchildren, many other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Joe C. Morris and two sisters, Betty Ann Morris and Mary Morris Turner Mullins.
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He took my arm with as much strength as he could muster and said, "Promise me you'll bury me in Glensted." That was the last thing he asked of me. As a young boy he roamed the countryside around the cemetery and church and hunted the fields. It was the place he loved more than all the places he traveled in his life. On his stone we had carved ." The thoughts of youth are long, long Thoughts." Bonnie Morris Conrad.

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"The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." By Robert Louis Stevenson

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