Jefferson County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Morris Cemetery - Private Lots East of the Cemetery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Whitworth lwhitworth@bradleyarant.com May 2005 See: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jefferson/cemeteries/morris/morris1.txt To find directions and other information about this survey. PRIVATE LOTS EAST OF CEMETERY ABBREVIATIONS USED IN NOTES CJC Cemeteries of Jefferson County by Marilyn Davis Barefield CWR Civil War Records by Marilyn Davis Barefield d/o daughter of f/o father of fs footstone Fun Funeral gm/o Grandmother of h/o husband of hs headstone m/o mother of ms military stone no bd no birth date no dd no death date OES Order of the Eastern Star PH Purple Heart PT Pioneer Trails sister/o sister of s/o son of w/o wife of w/ with GRAVE STONE ABBREVIATIONS CMBT BN Combat Battalion ph Purple Heart USNR US Naval Reserve PVT Private CWS Dau daughter Inf Infantry Div Division SP1 CPL corporal Last Name, First Name, Birth Date, Death Date, Notes, Location Within Cemetery Sprinkel, Marguerite E., Aug. 12, 1910, March 6, 1984, Gone but not forgotten. - fs: M.E.S., East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 1 CANNON, Marker, , , , East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 9-10 Cannon, Ruby Jo, Jan. 15, 1928, Jan. 16, 2000, (fs) Ruby Jo Cannon Jan 15, 1928 Jan. 16, 2000 (same marker as J.D. Cannon), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 9 Cannon, J D, Jun 19 1925, Apr 29 2001, (hs) Cannon (fs) J D Cannon PVT US Army Air Force World War II June 19 1925 Apr 29 2001 (same marker as Ruby Jo. Cannon – per Blaikie Bham News April 30, 2001 son Wayne), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 10 Ewing, E.E., May 16, 1938, Apr. 15, 1989, Our Curley, East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 12 CRANE, Marker, , , , East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 19-20 Crane, Gladys P., Aug 1 1916, Jan 4 2000, (fs) Gladys P. Crane Aug 1 1916 (cross) Jan 4 2000 (same hs as Verbon E. Crane – w/o Verbon – per Blaikie Bham News Jan 5, 2000 name Gladys Lucile Parker Crane), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 19 Crane, Verbon E., Nov 13 1919, May 16 1984, (fs) Verbon E. Crane S SGT US Army World War II Nov. 13, 1919 (cross) May 16, 1984 - Army Air Forces (same hs as Gladys P. Crane – h/o Gladys – per Blaikie bd 11-13-1918 dd May 1984), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 20 Johnson, Margaret E., Dec. 19, 1927, July 9, 1990, (hs) Johnson (same hs as Hollis H. Johnson), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 23 Johnson, Hollis H., May 22, 1925, July 7, 1986, (hs) Johnson (fs) Hollis Hudson Johnson - Cox US Navy World War II 1925 (cross) 1986 (same hs as Margaret E. Johnson), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 24 McGaughy, Lois Gene, April 4, 1907, April 29, 1989, (Fs) Lois Gene McGaughy April 4, 1907 April 20, 1989 (same hs as Mary Johnson McGaughy w/ cross and praying hands), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 25 McGaughy, Mary Johnson, July 17, 1914, April 19, 2000, (same hs as Lois Gene McGaughy w/ cross and praying hands), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 26 Chandler, Mary L. "Bobbie", Oct. 27, 1930, Apr. 13, 2006, Love is Eternal (same hs as Will M.), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 30 Chandler, Will M., May 20, 1927, Sept. 15, 2001, Love is Eternal (same hs as Mary L.), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 31 Morgan, Mary Sue, Dec. 15, 1937, Jan. 13, 2001, (same hs as Edgar E. Morgan; per Blaikie name Mary Sue Perry Morgan Bham News January 15, 2001), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 42 Morgan, Edgar E., Sept. 14, 1935, No dd, (same hs as Mary Sue Morgan), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 43 Lucas, Tommy S., Jan. 4, 1964, Oct. 23, 1985, Rev. 21:4 Death will be no more, East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 45 Lucas, Tim R., Sept. 9, 1965, Sept. 15, 1990, Rev. 21:4 Death will be no more, East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 46 Lucas, Ross A., Apr 2 1930, Apr 21 1998, Ross A Lucas US Army Apr 2 1930 Apr 21 1998, East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 47 Cannon, Sherry Diane, March 10, 1948, June 22, 2006, 58 yrs, 3 mo., 12 days per Messmer Goodwin Funeral Home Marker (w/o John Cannon, m/o Michelle, Katrina, William, MS, and Ronnie), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property approx. Lot 49 Howell, Thomas P., , , (No stone in April 2007 – Per obit dd May 9, 2006), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 55 Howell, Edith M., , , (No stone in April 1007 – Per family member her name will be on stone with Thomas P. Howell), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 56 Witt, Penny Renna , May 26, 1964, December 16, 2004, WITT – MOM – Penny Renna May 26, 1964 – December 16, 2004 - I thank my God upon every remembrance of you Phillippians 1:3 (Front of stone has a picture of her and the prior information given here – rose and cross) We Miss you (Back has pictures of her and her family and We miss you) (Located on Frankie Witt Lot - grave at one time had a hand made sign that said "mother"), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 59 Witt, Michael, , 12/18/2005, (b/o Mary Harris and Hayward Marshall – Read in Bham News 12/28/2005 – In July 2006 grave still not marked???), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 59 Bowman, Pauline M., Apr. 30, 1914, Dec. 26, 1986, A Flower in the Garden of God (same hs as Floyd O. Bowman), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 89 Bowman, Floyd O., Jan. 17, 1920, July 22, 2006, Daddy waits for us in Heaven (same hs as Pauline M. Bowman – Per obit death date July 22, 2006 h/o Pauline McCurry Bowman, Agnes Hughes Bowman, age 86, and third wife Virginia Bowman - Messmer – Goodwin Funeral Home), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 90 Guntharp, Jean B., Nov. 21, 1920, No dd, At Rest (same hs as James Lewis Guntharp w/praying hands on a Bible), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 95 Guntharp, James Lewis, Sr., May 30, 1918, No dd, At Rest (same hs as Jean B. Guntharp w/praying hands on a Bible), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 96 Blevins, Cynthia Ann, June 23, 1966, Feb. 5, 2000, (same hs as Roger D. Blevins – handmade sign that says happy birthday sister; Per family member name Cynthia Ann – name Cynthia Ann Masters Blevins per Blaikie Bham News 2/7/2000), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 102 Blevins, Roger D., Mar. 19, 1969, No dd, (same hs as Cynthia Ann Blevins), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 103 Williams, John R., Jr., Dec. 8, 1942, Mar. 3, 1993, Father (same heart-shaped hs as Sonya G. Williams), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 133 Williams, Sonya G., May 30, 1953, No dd, Mother (same heart-shaped hs as John R. Williams, Jr.), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 134 Masters, Sarah F., Apr. 20, 1940, No dd, Gone but not forgotten (same hs as Louis E. Masters – emblem with hands reaching for Jesus' hand in the clouds), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 146 Masters, Louis E., May 5, 1941, Aug. 9, 1996, Gone but not forgotten (same hs as Sarah F. Masters – emblem with hands reaching for Jesus' hand in the clouds – per Blaikie Name Louis Edward Masters Bham News August 11, 1996), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 147 Beech, Mary Elene (Lene), Sept. 13, 1931, Feb. 6, 1999, (fs) In Memory of our loving mother & Grammie, East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 177 Beech, Douglas E., , 1/26/2002, (information obtained in Dave Blaikie's listing in usgenweb cemeteries - Bham News January 28, 2002 – Since this is the only Beech in Morris Cemetery we assume he is buried here – no evidence of the grave in April, 2007), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 178 Cheatwood, Minnie Ann, May 7, 1934, Dec. 27, 2002, Married June 17, 1956 Precious Lord take my hand (fs) Minnie Ann (same hs and w/o Kenneth Earl Cheatwood – hs has praying hands - Minnie Ann was a Sandlin), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 181 Cheatwood, Kenneth Earl, Nov. 22, 1928, Dec. 18, 2006, Married June 17, 1956 Precious Lord take my hand (fs) Earl (same hs and h/o Minnie Ann (Sandlin) Cheatwood – hs has praying hands, age 78, Navy veteran, State Legislature, Morgan's – Kenneth Earl Sr. – f/o Kenneth Cheatwood), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 182 Taylor, Thomas M., Jr., Sept. 29, 1954, May 19, 2001, (hs has roses and a cross), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 221 Taylor, Gloria J., Jan. 4, 1934, Mar. 30, 2004, (hs has roses and praying hands), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 222 CRANE, Marker, , , , East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 353-354 Crane, Claude A., March 4, 1901, September 10, 1980, (fs) Claude A. Crane March 4, 1901 September 10, 1980 (same marker as Ruby Reid Crane), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 353 Crane, Ruby Reid, May 30, 1902, December 7, 1993, (fs) Ruby Reid Crane May 30, 1902 December 7, 1993 (same marker as Claude A. Crane), East of Morris Cemetery on Private Property Lot 354