Rev. Donnie Morris
Donnie Leon Morris, son of the late Wilphard R. Morris and Ruea C. (Baker) Morris, was born Dec. 12, 1919 at Thomasville, Mo. He entered into eternal rest Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 20 days.
On Dec. 47, 1937, he was married at Thomasville, Mo., to Elga Pauline Harrison. They were married for 62 years before she passed away Jan. 18, 2000.
Mr. Morris was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army in Europe. He was a carpenter and built many homes in the West Plains area with his building partner, Robert "Bob" Dotson.
In the early 1960s, he answered the call to become a minister. He was ordained as a Free Will Baptist minister. He pastored Free Will Baptist and General Baptist Churches in Missouri and northern Arkansas. He loved to play his guitar and harmonica. He was a charter member of the First Free Will Baptist Church.
He is survived by five children, Kathryn Morris, Warrensburg, Mo., David Morris and wife, Paula, Pataskala, Ohio, Donna Spencer and husband. Randy, John Morris and wife, Freda, Anita Collins and husband, James, all of West Plains, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Ellen Morris, Thomasville, Mo.; two brothers-in-law, Paul Harrison and Clarence "Bud" Crabtree, both of West Plains, Mo.; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife; one daughter, Norma Jean Morris; one great-granddaughter, Allison Ann-Pauline Mattes; his parents; his brothers, Gene, Emons and Chester; and his sister, Bonnie.
Services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the First Free Will Baptist Church, West Plains, with burial in the Huddleston Cemetery, Arrangements are under the direction of the Clary Funeral Home of Alton.
West Plains Daily Quill (05 Dec 2011)
Donnie Leon Morris, son of the late Wilphard R. Morris and Ruea C. (Baker) Morris, was born Dec. 12, 1919 at Thomasville, Mo. He entered into eternal rest Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 20 days.
On Dec. 47, 1937, he was married at Thomasville, Mo., to Elga Pauline Harrison. They were married for 62 years before she passed away Jan. 18, 2000.
Mr. Morris was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army in Europe. He was a carpenter and built many homes in the West Plains area with his building partner, Robert "Bob" Dotson.
In the early 1960s, he answered the call to become a minister. He was ordained as a Free Will Baptist minister. He pastored Free Will Baptist and General Baptist Churches in Missouri and northern Arkansas. He loved to play his guitar and harmonica. He was a charter member of the First Free Will Baptist Church.
He is survived by five children, Kathryn Morris, Warrensburg, Mo., David Morris and wife, Paula, Pataskala, Ohio, Donna Spencer and husband. Randy, John Morris and wife, Freda, Anita Collins and husband, James, all of West Plains, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Ellen Morris, Thomasville, Mo.; two brothers-in-law, Paul Harrison and Clarence "Bud" Crabtree, both of West Plains, Mo.; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife; one daughter, Norma Jean Morris; one great-granddaughter, Allison Ann-Pauline Mattes; his parents; his brothers, Gene, Emons and Chester; and his sister, Bonnie.
Services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the First Free Will Baptist Church, West Plains, with burial in the Huddleston Cemetery, Arrangements are under the direction of the Clary Funeral Home of Alton.
West Plains Daily Quill (05 Dec 2011)
Rev. Donnie Morris
Donnie Leon Morris, son of the late Wilphard R. Morris and Ruea C. (Baker) Morris, was born Dec. 12, 1919 at Thomasville, Mo. He entered into eternal rest Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 20 days.
On Dec. 47, 1937, he was married at Thomasville, Mo., to Elga Pauline Harrison. They were married for 62 years before she passed away Jan. 18, 2000.
Mr. Morris was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army in Europe. He was a carpenter and built many homes in the West Plains area with his building partner, Robert "Bob" Dotson.
In the early 1960s, he answered the call to become a minister. He was ordained as a Free Will Baptist minister. He pastored Free Will Baptist and General Baptist Churches in Missouri and northern Arkansas. He loved to play his guitar and harmonica. He was a charter member of the First Free Will Baptist Church.
He is survived by five children, Kathryn Morris, Warrensburg, Mo., David Morris and wife, Paula, Pataskala, Ohio, Donna Spencer and husband. Randy, John Morris and wife, Freda, Anita Collins and husband, James, all of West Plains, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Ellen Morris, Thomasville, Mo.; two brothers-in-law, Paul Harrison and Clarence "Bud" Crabtree, both of West Plains, Mo.; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife; one daughter, Norma Jean Morris; one great-granddaughter, Allison Ann-Pauline Mattes; his parents; his brothers, Gene, Emons and Chester; and his sister, Bonnie.
Services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the First Free Will Baptist Church, West Plains, with burial in the Huddleston Cemetery, Arrangements are under the direction of the Clary Funeral Home of Alton.
West Plains Daily Quill (05 Dec 2011)
Donnie Leon Morris, son of the late Wilphard R. Morris and Ruea C. (Baker) Morris, was born Dec. 12, 1919 at Thomasville, Mo. He entered into eternal rest Dec. 2, 2011, at the age of 91 years, 11 months and 20 days.
On Dec. 47, 1937, he was married at Thomasville, Mo., to Elga Pauline Harrison. They were married for 62 years before she passed away Jan. 18, 2000.
Mr. Morris was a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Army in Europe. He was a carpenter and built many homes in the West Plains area with his building partner, Robert "Bob" Dotson.
In the early 1960s, he answered the call to become a minister. He was ordained as a Free Will Baptist minister. He pastored Free Will Baptist and General Baptist Churches in Missouri and northern Arkansas. He loved to play his guitar and harmonica. He was a charter member of the First Free Will Baptist Church.
He is survived by five children, Kathryn Morris, Warrensburg, Mo., David Morris and wife, Paula, Pataskala, Ohio, Donna Spencer and husband. Randy, John Morris and wife, Freda, Anita Collins and husband, James, all of West Plains, Mo.; 15 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law, Ellen Morris, Thomasville, Mo.; two brothers-in-law, Paul Harrison and Clarence "Bud" Crabtree, both of West Plains, Mo.; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife; one daughter, Norma Jean Morris; one great-granddaughter, Allison Ann-Pauline Mattes; his parents; his brothers, Gene, Emons and Chester; and his sister, Bonnie.
Services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, at the First Free Will Baptist Church, West Plains, with burial in the Huddleston Cemetery, Arrangements are under the direction of the Clary Funeral Home of Alton.
West Plains Daily Quill (05 Dec 2011)
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