Dennis Morris

Monday, November 4, 2002

Dennis J. Morris, son of the late Dentist Morris and Myrtle Greer Morris, was born on April 13, 1924, at Charter Oak and died in the Crowley Ridge Care Center at Dexter on Nov. 1, 2002, at the age of 78. Mr. Morris attended the First Assembly of God Church in Bernie and was a former farmer and resident of Bernie. Survivors include four sons, Frankie Morris of Lilbourn, Dennis Morris, Jr. of Mountain View, Michael Todd Morris and Darrell Wayne Morris, both of Poplar Bluff; three daughters, Rita Gibbs of Mountain View, Lottie Mae Cannady of Malden, and Patricia Joanna Gee of Dexter; one brother, Frank Morris of Big Sandy, Tenn.; one sister, Lottie Wooley, of the State of Florida; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Jim Morris; two sisters, Dixie Orena Morris and Beulah Montgomery. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. today, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2002, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Dale Shoup officiating. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

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