Husband of Rosetta Watson.
The Lebanon Enterprise, Friday, 5/28/1954.
ERVINE MORRIS, NEW HOPE, SUCCUMBS AFTER STROKE - A paralytic stroke suffered nearly three weeks ago, proved fatal to Ervine Morris, 63, New Hope, father of Walter, Morris, Dant, and Mrs. Howard Thompson, St. Mary. He died Saturday night at his home where he had returned a few days before from Mary Immaculate Hospital. A native of Nelson County, Mr. Morris was born October 1, 1890, a son of the late John Francis and Cecilia Ann Masterson Morris. He had long engaged in farming and was well known in the New Hope vicinity. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rosetta Watson Morris, the son and daughter in this county, and nine other children. They are Frank, Earl, Leroy and Robert Morris, all of Louisville; William Morris, Watsonville, Calif.; Dannie Morris, New Hope; Sister Rose Nicholas, St. Catherine Convent; and Misses Cecilia and Shirley Morris, at home. Two brothers, Estill Morris, China Lake, Calif.; and Joe Frank Morris, Rock Falls, IL.; and one sister, Mrs. Aloysius McCauley, Raywick; also survive, and 25 grandchildren. The body was brought to Bosley Funeral Home and on Sunday was returned to the residence. Solemn Requiem Mass was intoned at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent dePaul Church, New Hope, by the Rev. John Bancroft, the Rev. Bernard Hartlage and the Rev. Frank Jaglowicz. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Burial: St Vincent De Paul Catholic Cemetery, New Hope, KY (Nelson Co Cem., Vol II, Row 13).
Husband of Rosetta Watson.
The Lebanon Enterprise, Friday, 5/28/1954.
ERVINE MORRIS, NEW HOPE, SUCCUMBS AFTER STROKE - A paralytic stroke suffered nearly three weeks ago, proved fatal to Ervine Morris, 63, New Hope, father of Walter, Morris, Dant, and Mrs. Howard Thompson, St. Mary. He died Saturday night at his home where he had returned a few days before from Mary Immaculate Hospital. A native of Nelson County, Mr. Morris was born October 1, 1890, a son of the late John Francis and Cecilia Ann Masterson Morris. He had long engaged in farming and was well known in the New Hope vicinity. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rosetta Watson Morris, the son and daughter in this county, and nine other children. They are Frank, Earl, Leroy and Robert Morris, all of Louisville; William Morris, Watsonville, Calif.; Dannie Morris, New Hope; Sister Rose Nicholas, St. Catherine Convent; and Misses Cecilia and Shirley Morris, at home. Two brothers, Estill Morris, China Lake, Calif.; and Joe Frank Morris, Rock Falls, IL.; and one sister, Mrs. Aloysius McCauley, Raywick; also survive, and 25 grandchildren. The body was brought to Bosley Funeral Home and on Sunday was returned to the residence. Solemn Requiem Mass was intoned at 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Vincent dePaul Church, New Hope, by the Rev. John Bancroft, the Rev. Bernard Hartlage and the Rev. Frank Jaglowicz. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Burial: St Vincent De Paul Catholic Cemetery, New Hope, KY (Nelson Co Cem., Vol II, Row 13).
Family Members
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John Frank Morris Sr
1912–1991
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James H Morris
1914–1915
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Joseph Earl Morris Sr
1915–1982
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William Guthrie Morris
1918–1979
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James Walter "Red" Morris
1920–1983
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James Robert "Bob" Morris
1927–2011
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James Eugene Morris
1929–1947
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Mary Aline Morris Thompson
1931–2018
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Joseph Daniel Morris
1936–1994
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Shirley Ann Morris Thompson
1938–2020
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Cecilia Elizabeth "Celie" Morris Priddy
1940–2016
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