This obit is transcribed from a newspaper article found in an old trunk Ruth Rawlins Dearing. Only the date "1960" was penned on the article; which newspaper was not identified.
- - - Mrs. Florence Morris - - -
"When we needed help to save a life, we always called on Florence." That is the tribute paid to Mrs. Florence Morris by an old time Houston doctor who remembered her service as an Army nurse in World War I and on private duty in Houston homes and hospitals.
Mrs. Morris, 84, of 4919 Malone Street, died yesterday after an illness of several years. She had been retired since 1950.
Mrs. Morris came to Texas in a covered wagon from Illinois when she was 4. In 1900, she and her husband, a railroad foreman, made their home in Houston. She began her nursing practice at the old Houston Infirmary, and in World War I was assigned to Camp Logan as a member of the Army Nurse Corps. After the war, Mrs. Morris returned to nursing here at the Southern Pacific Hospital, and went into private duty later. For some 30 years, she nursed in Heights, Hermann, and Memorial Hospitals and in the home of many of Houston's most prominent families. Even after her retirement, Mrs. Morris was often called upon by neighbors in time of illness.
Before her own illness, she was an active member of the West End Church of Christ and the American Legion Auxiliary. Veterans organizations will honor her tomorrow with military gravesite services in Brookside Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Hyde Park Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Morris is survived by a son, Lee Allen Morris, and a brother Warren Rawlins, both of Houston; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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- - - Mrs. Florence Morris - - -
"When we needed help to save a life, we always called on Florence." That is the tribute paid to Mrs. Florence Morris by an old time Houston doctor who remembered her service as an Army nurse in World War I and on private duty in Houston homes and hospitals.
Mrs. Morris, 84, of 4919 Malone Street, died yesterday after an illness of several years. She had been retired since 1950.
Mrs. Morris came to Texas in a covered wagon from Illinois when she was 4. In 1900, she and her husband, a railroad foreman, made their home in Houston. She began her nursing practice at the old Houston Infirmary, and in World War I was assigned to Camp Logan as a member of the Army Nurse Corps. After the war, Mrs. Morris returned to nursing here at the Southern Pacific Hospital, and went into private duty later. For some 30 years, she nursed in Heights, Hermann, and Memorial Hospitals and in the home of many of Houston's most prominent families. Even after her retirement, Mrs. Morris was often called upon by neighbors in time of illness.
Before her own illness, she was an active member of the West End Church of Christ and the American Legion Auxiliary. Veterans organizations will honor her tomorrow with military gravesite services in Brookside Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Hyde Park Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Morris is survived by a son, Lee Allen Morris, and a brother Warren Rawlins, both of Houston; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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This obit is transcribed from a newspaper article found in an old trunk Ruth Rawlins Dearing. Only the date "1960" was penned on the article; which newspaper was not identified.
- - - Mrs. Florence Morris - - -
"When we needed help to save a life, we always called on Florence." That is the tribute paid to Mrs. Florence Morris by an old time Houston doctor who remembered her service as an Army nurse in World War I and on private duty in Houston homes and hospitals.
Mrs. Morris, 84, of 4919 Malone Street, died yesterday after an illness of several years. She had been retired since 1950.
Mrs. Morris came to Texas in a covered wagon from Illinois when she was 4. In 1900, she and her husband, a railroad foreman, made their home in Houston. She began her nursing practice at the old Houston Infirmary, and in World War I was assigned to Camp Logan as a member of the Army Nurse Corps. After the war, Mrs. Morris returned to nursing here at the Southern Pacific Hospital, and went into private duty later. For some 30 years, she nursed in Heights, Hermann, and Memorial Hospitals and in the home of many of Houston's most prominent families. Even after her retirement, Mrs. Morris was often called upon by neighbors in time of illness.
Before her own illness, she was an active member of the West End Church of Christ and the American Legion Auxiliary. Veterans organizations will honor her tomorrow with military gravesite services in Brookside Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Hyde Park Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Morris is survived by a son, Lee Allen Morris, and a brother Warren Rawlins, both of Houston; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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- - - Mrs. Florence Morris - - -
"When we needed help to save a life, we always called on Florence." That is the tribute paid to Mrs. Florence Morris by an old time Houston doctor who remembered her service as an Army nurse in World War I and on private duty in Houston homes and hospitals.
Mrs. Morris, 84, of 4919 Malone Street, died yesterday after an illness of several years. She had been retired since 1950.
Mrs. Morris came to Texas in a covered wagon from Illinois when she was 4. In 1900, she and her husband, a railroad foreman, made their home in Houston. She began her nursing practice at the old Houston Infirmary, and in World War I was assigned to Camp Logan as a member of the Army Nurse Corps. After the war, Mrs. Morris returned to nursing here at the Southern Pacific Hospital, and went into private duty later. For some 30 years, she nursed in Heights, Hermann, and Memorial Hospitals and in the home of many of Houston's most prominent families. Even after her retirement, Mrs. Morris was often called upon by neighbors in time of illness.
Before her own illness, she was an active member of the West End Church of Christ and the American Legion Auxiliary. Veterans organizations will honor her tomorrow with military gravesite services in Brookside Cemetery.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Hyde Park Funeral Home Chapel.
Mrs. Morris is survived by a son, Lee Allen Morris, and a brother Warren Rawlins, both of Houston; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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