Wilford Laurier Morris^{[1, 2, 3]}

1903 - 1997  (94 years)

• Name	Wilford Laurier Morris
  Born	28 Feb 1903	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Nov 1997  [4]
  Buried	Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I51369	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	19 May 2011

  
  

  Father	David Paul Morris,   b. 19 Aug 1868, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Sep 1958, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Flota Rogers,   b. 10 Apr 1881, Fines Creek, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Oct 1938, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 57 years)
  Married	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F14511	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Nora Alice Ownby,   b. 11 Nov 1900, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Sep 1991  (Age 90 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1923	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Cumi Mabel Morris,   b. 27 Mar 1925, Tennessee ,   d. 25 May 2014  (Age 89 years) + 2. Dr. Robert Wilford Morris, Jr.,   b. 22 Apr 1927, Tennessee  (Age 96 years) + 3. Ralph Lee Morris,   b. 14 Dec 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 May 1999  (Age 70 years) + 4. Pauline Morris,   b. Abt 1931  (Age ~ 93 years) + 5. Georgia Morris,   b. Abt 1935,   d. 1 Jun 2005  (Age ~ 70 years)   6. David Paul Morris,   b. 10 Nov 1939,   d. 27 Aug 2003  (Age 63 years)   7. John MacArthur Morris,   b. 6 Mar 1943, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Mar 1943  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F22984	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 28 Feb 1903 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 14 Jul 1923 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens Cemetery, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Greenbrier School circa 1921; from 1891 to 1935, according to Velma Ownby Lamons, there were about 42 different teachers, she quotes info from school supt. office; see txt i.d.

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter", Volumn XXI, Spring 1995, p 30. http://www.sevierlibrary.org/genealogy/Rayshouse/Parsons/Websites/MORRIS/D785.HTM. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 299.

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 4 Sep 1991. Nora Alice Ownby Morris obituary [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 8 Dec 1955. Sandra Lee Morris obituary [S112] Census, 1930. Name: Wilford Morris Event: CENSUS Event Date: 1930 Event Place: District 3, Sevier, Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 27 Marital Status: Married Race: White Birthplace: Tennessee Estimated Birth Year: 1903 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina Enumeration District Number: 3 Family Number: 244 Sheet Number and Letter: 12A Line Number: 37 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2271 Film Number: 2342005 Digital Folder Number: 4547919 Image Number: 00634 Household Gender Age Wilford Morris M 27 Spouse Nora Morris F 30 Child Cumi Morris F 5 Child Wilford Morris M 3 Child Lee Morris M 1 [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 6 Nov 1997. Morris, Wilford Laurier 94 widowed by Nora Alice Ownby 9-4-91 b. 2-28-03 Sev Co d. 11-6-97 SMC res 3441 E Parkway Gatlinburg teacher f. David P Morris m. Flota Rogers educa 12 + 4 SMMG Survivors: 4 sons Dr Robert W Lee David Paul 3437 E Parkway Gatlinburg 3 dau Cumi Cardwell Pauline Newman Georgia Amos 12 gc 15 ggc 3 bro Hayden Sam Hugh 2 sis Etta Proffitt May McCrackin.