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George Pierce Morris Jr was born on November 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of George Pierce Morris Sr and Iola (Nations) Morris.
He graduated from Birmingham Southern and The University of Alabama. He was the former chief financial officer of Olan Mills Studios; president of the Kiwanis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee; owner of the Morris Rent All Centers in Tennessee; and president of the American Rental Association and the Sertoma Club in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, he attended Brentwood United Methodist Church in later years.
He was married to Mary Nell Langston Morris (1923-2014), the daughter of James M Langston and Mary ( -- ) Langston.
George was 100 years old when he passed away on January 8, 2015 in Brentwood, Tennessee.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Robert Morris; son George Pierce Morris III; his wife; grandson John Raymond Neal Jr; and by his great-grandson Silas John Hays. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on January 11, 2015
George Pierce Morris Jr was born on November 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of George Pierce Morris Sr and Iola (Nations) Morris.
He graduated from Birmingham Southern and The University of Alabama. He was the former chief financial officer of Olan Mills Studios; president of the Kiwanis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee; owner of the Morris Rent All Centers in Tennessee; and president of the American Rental Association and the Sertoma Club in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, he attended Brentwood United Methodist Church in later years.
He was married to Mary Nell Langston Morris (1923-2014), the daughter of James M Langston and Mary ( -- ) Langston.
George was 100 years old when he passed away on January 8, 2015 in Brentwood, Tennessee.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Robert Morris; son George Pierce Morris III; his wife; grandson John Raymond Neal Jr; and by his great-grandson Silas John Hays. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on January 11, 2015
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George Pierce Morris Jr was born on November 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of George Pierce Morris Sr and Iola (Nations) Morris.
He graduated from Birmingham Southern and The University of Alabama. He was the former chief financial officer of Olan Mills Studios; president of the Kiwanis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee; owner of the Morris Rent All Centers in Tennessee; and president of the American Rental Association and the Sertoma Club in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, he attended Brentwood United Methodist Church in later years.
He was married to Mary Nell Langston Morris (1923-2014), the daughter of James M Langston and Mary ( -- ) Langston.
George was 100 years old when he passed away on January 8, 2015 in Brentwood, Tennessee.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Robert Morris; son George Pierce Morris III; his wife; grandson John Raymond Neal Jr; and by his great-grandson Silas John Hays. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on January 11, 2015
George Pierce Morris Jr was born on November 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, the son of George Pierce Morris Sr and Iola (Nations) Morris.
He graduated from Birmingham Southern and The University of Alabama. He was the former chief financial officer of Olan Mills Studios; president of the Kiwanis Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee; owner of the Morris Rent All Centers in Tennessee; and president of the American Rental Association and the Sertoma Club in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifelong member of the Methodist Church, he attended Brentwood United Methodist Church in later years.
He was married to Mary Nell Langston Morris (1923-2014), the daughter of James M Langston and Mary ( -- ) Langston.
George was 100 years old when he passed away on January 8, 2015 in Brentwood, Tennessee.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother Robert Morris; son George Pierce Morris III; his wife; grandson John Raymond Neal Jr; and by his great-grandson Silas John Hays. Survivors include two daughters and a son-in-law; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services were held at Woodlawn Roesch-Patton Funeral Home, and burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Original obituary in The Tennessean on January 11, 2015
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