Capt. Morrison To Be Buried Here Sunday
Final Rites Tomorrow for Veteran Southern Railroad Conductor Who Succumbed in Hospital Last Night.
Final rites for Captain Claude Simonton Morrison, 68, widely-known veteran conductor for the Southern Railroad, who died at 7:50 o'clock last night at the Presbyterian Hospital, will be held at Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Captain Morrison died following a stroke of paralysis, having been ill since last Friday.
Rev. E. A. Dillard will be in charge of the rites and will be assisted by Dr. A. R. Shaw. Burial will be made in Elmwood Cemetery.
For many years past Captain Morrison had made the run as conductor on the Charlotte-Taylorsville Southern train and was widely-known throughout the State. He was considered one of the most popular railroad men in the Carolinas. Numerous articles about him have appeared in leading newspapers of the country. It is said that in a railroad career of 51 years he was never once reprimanded.
Born November 24, 1863, in Statesville, the son of W. H. and Mrs. Ellen Simonton Morrison, he began his career in 1880 as a clerk with the A. T. and O. Railway at Statesville. Going on the road in 1833 as brakeman for the Richmond and Danville Railway, he served in this capacity until 1886, when he was promoted to freight conductor. Some time after, he became conductor on Southern Railway passenger trains. He served subsequently on trains plying between Charlotte and Augusta, Washington, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Taylorsville.
Mr. Morrison made his home in Charlotte at 1215 Beverly Drive. He was an elder in Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, a member of Excelsior Masonic Lodge, and the Order of Railway Conductors.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Ellen Morrison, Statesville, one sister, Mrs. J. D. Stocker, Jermyn, Pa., two daughters, Mrs. A. R. Shaw, Jr.; and Mrs. Hugh G. Boyer, Charlote, and two sons, W. Harvey Morrison, Monroe, and James Morrison, Charlotte.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, March 7, 1931
Final Rites Tomorrow for Veteran Southern Railroad Conductor Who Succumbed in Hospital Last Night.
Final rites for Captain Claude Simonton Morrison, 68, widely-known veteran conductor for the Southern Railroad, who died at 7:50 o'clock last night at the Presbyterian Hospital, will be held at Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Captain Morrison died following a stroke of paralysis, having been ill since last Friday.
Rev. E. A. Dillard will be in charge of the rites and will be assisted by Dr. A. R. Shaw. Burial will be made in Elmwood Cemetery.
For many years past Captain Morrison had made the run as conductor on the Charlotte-Taylorsville Southern train and was widely-known throughout the State. He was considered one of the most popular railroad men in the Carolinas. Numerous articles about him have appeared in leading newspapers of the country. It is said that in a railroad career of 51 years he was never once reprimanded.
Born November 24, 1863, in Statesville, the son of W. H. and Mrs. Ellen Simonton Morrison, he began his career in 1880 as a clerk with the A. T. and O. Railway at Statesville. Going on the road in 1833 as brakeman for the Richmond and Danville Railway, he served in this capacity until 1886, when he was promoted to freight conductor. Some time after, he became conductor on Southern Railway passenger trains. He served subsequently on trains plying between Charlotte and Augusta, Washington, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Taylorsville.
Mr. Morrison made his home in Charlotte at 1215 Beverly Drive. He was an elder in Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, a member of Excelsior Masonic Lodge, and the Order of Railway Conductors.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Ellen Morrison, Statesville, one sister, Mrs. J. D. Stocker, Jermyn, Pa., two daughters, Mrs. A. R. Shaw, Jr.; and Mrs. Hugh G. Boyer, Charlote, and two sons, W. Harvey Morrison, Monroe, and James Morrison, Charlotte.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, March 7, 1931
Capt. Morrison To Be Buried Here Sunday
Final Rites Tomorrow for Veteran Southern Railroad Conductor Who Succumbed in Hospital Last Night.
Final rites for Captain Claude Simonton Morrison, 68, widely-known veteran conductor for the Southern Railroad, who died at 7:50 o'clock last night at the Presbyterian Hospital, will be held at Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Captain Morrison died following a stroke of paralysis, having been ill since last Friday.
Rev. E. A. Dillard will be in charge of the rites and will be assisted by Dr. A. R. Shaw. Burial will be made in Elmwood Cemetery.
For many years past Captain Morrison had made the run as conductor on the Charlotte-Taylorsville Southern train and was widely-known throughout the State. He was considered one of the most popular railroad men in the Carolinas. Numerous articles about him have appeared in leading newspapers of the country. It is said that in a railroad career of 51 years he was never once reprimanded.
Born November 24, 1863, in Statesville, the son of W. H. and Mrs. Ellen Simonton Morrison, he began his career in 1880 as a clerk with the A. T. and O. Railway at Statesville. Going on the road in 1833 as brakeman for the Richmond and Danville Railway, he served in this capacity until 1886, when he was promoted to freight conductor. Some time after, he became conductor on Southern Railway passenger trains. He served subsequently on trains plying between Charlotte and Augusta, Washington, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Taylorsville.
Mr. Morrison made his home in Charlotte at 1215 Beverly Drive. He was an elder in Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, a member of Excelsior Masonic Lodge, and the Order of Railway Conductors.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Ellen Morrison, Statesville, one sister, Mrs. J. D. Stocker, Jermyn, Pa., two daughters, Mrs. A. R. Shaw, Jr.; and Mrs. Hugh G. Boyer, Charlote, and two sons, W. Harvey Morrison, Monroe, and James Morrison, Charlotte.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, March 7, 1931
Final Rites Tomorrow for Veteran Southern Railroad Conductor Who Succumbed in Hospital Last Night.
Final rites for Captain Claude Simonton Morrison, 68, widely-known veteran conductor for the Southern Railroad, who died at 7:50 o'clock last night at the Presbyterian Hospital, will be held at Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Captain Morrison died following a stroke of paralysis, having been ill since last Friday.
Rev. E. A. Dillard will be in charge of the rites and will be assisted by Dr. A. R. Shaw. Burial will be made in Elmwood Cemetery.
For many years past Captain Morrison had made the run as conductor on the Charlotte-Taylorsville Southern train and was widely-known throughout the State. He was considered one of the most popular railroad men in the Carolinas. Numerous articles about him have appeared in leading newspapers of the country. It is said that in a railroad career of 51 years he was never once reprimanded.
Born November 24, 1863, in Statesville, the son of W. H. and Mrs. Ellen Simonton Morrison, he began his career in 1880 as a clerk with the A. T. and O. Railway at Statesville. Going on the road in 1833 as brakeman for the Richmond and Danville Railway, he served in this capacity until 1886, when he was promoted to freight conductor. Some time after, he became conductor on Southern Railway passenger trains. He served subsequently on trains plying between Charlotte and Augusta, Washington, Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Taylorsville.
Mr. Morrison made his home in Charlotte at 1215 Beverly Drive. He was an elder in Tenth Avenue Presbyterian Church, a member of Excelsior Masonic Lodge, and the Order of Railway Conductors.
Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Ellen Morrison, Statesville, one sister, Mrs. J. D. Stocker, Jermyn, Pa., two daughters, Mrs. A. R. Shaw, Jr.; and Mrs. Hugh G. Boyer, Charlote, and two sons, W. Harvey Morrison, Monroe, and James Morrison, Charlotte.
The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, NC
Saturday, March 7, 1931
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