Edward Ernest Morris b. 17 Dec 1886 Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Dec 1947 Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV: Meadow Bluff Meanderings

1886 - 1947 (60 years)

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Name	Edward Ernest Morris
Birth	17 Dec 1886	Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Occupation	Between 1917 and 1918 [2]
	Bookkeeper (Mt. Hope Coal & Coke Co., Mt. Hope, Fayette Co., WV)
Death	5 Dec 1947	Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV [5]
	Cause: myocarditis
Burial	7 Dec 1947	Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co., WV [5]
Person ID	I14133	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

Father	George W. Morris, Sr., b. 24 Jan 1860, Bedford Co., VA d. 16 Nov 1935, Richlands, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 75 years)
Mother	Bessie Ella Kelly, b. 17 May 1867, Hughart, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Jul 1949, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 82 years)
Marriage	17 Feb 1886	Greenbrier Co., WV [6]
Family ID	F6190	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ludema Carolyn Halsey, b. 3 Jul 1893, Fayette Co., WV d. 21 Jul 1981, St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL (Age 88 years)

Children

	1. Helma Lee Morris, b. 3 Nov 1911, Fayette Co., WV d. 11 Jan 1971, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL (Age 59 years)
	2. Woodrow Thomas Morris, b. 23 Jan 1913, Fayette Co., WV d. Dec 1982, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 69 years)
	3. Frances Marie Morris, b. 15 May 1915, Fayette Co., WV d. 16 Apr 2002, Hurricane, Putnam Co., WV (Age 86 years)
	4. Edward M. Morris, b. 2 Jul 1919, Mount Hope, Fayette Co., WV d. Jul 1984, Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV (Age 65 years)
	5. Ernest Benton Morris, Sr., b. 2 Jul 1919, Mount Hope, Fayette Co., WV d. 4 Nov 1994, Melbourne, Brevard Co., FL (Age 75 years)

Family ID F6192 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 12 Nov 2009

Notes

The Charleston Gazette, 6 December 1947

MORRIS, Edward Enest, bookkeeper for the Jordan Taxi Co., died of a heart attack early yesterday morning at his home, 808 Beech Ave. He had resided in Charleston the past 25 years. Mr. Morris, a native of Lewisburg, was a member of the Calvary Baptist church, where service will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. Rev. Lee Shane will officiate. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. The body is at the Bartlett mortuary and will be taken to the church an hour before the service. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Carolyn Morris; three sons, Ernest B., Edward M. and W. Thomas, all of Charleston; two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Parsons and Mrs. Delbert Weiford of Charleston; his mother, Mrs. George W. Morris, Jr., of Newark, Del.; six sisters, Mrs. H. F. Jones, Lewisburg, Mrs. E. E. Crookshanks, Newark, Del., Mrs. Okey Ramsburg, Staunton, Va., and Mrs. John Burgess, Richmond, Va., and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Clay Khrem, Paul Hannon, Earl Mollohan, R. C. Manderville, George C. Reed and Edward Taylor.

[S529] Greenbrier Co., WV BB 1A, page 207, line 122 (Reliability: 3).
[S1076] National Archives and Records Administration: Washington, DC, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.).
[S1043] United States, Selective Service System, U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, (Ancestry.com, database online. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.).
[S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #15681, Dist. No. 200, Serial No. 1855 (Reliability: 3).
lists date of birth as 17 December 1885
[S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #15681, Dist. No. 200, Serial No. 1855 (Reliability: 3).
[S560] Greenbrier Co., WV MB 1B, page 95, line 11 (Reliability: 3).