Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Morris, Johnnie Richard July 23, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Morris, Johnnie Richard     
1922 - 2005 
 
Johnnie Richard Morris 
Services: Mon., August 1, 10 a.m. 

Johnnie Richard Morris of Colorado Springs, Colorado died there on July 23, 
2005. He was 83 years old. Rev. Lon Heighton will conduct a memorial service 
at 10 a.m. Monday August 1, at the Ridgeview Church of the Nazarene, 8420 
Stine Road, Bakersfield. Mr. Morris was born in Central City, Kentucky on May 
14, 1922 the first of nine children to James and Annabelle Morris. He enlisted 
in the U.S. Navy in July 1940 and was aboard the battleship Pennsylvania in 
Pearl Harbor on the day of the Japanese attack that began World War II. He 
retired from the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer after serving 22 years in the 
Regular and the Active Reserves. Mr. Morris lived most of his life in Kern 
County, California where he worked as an equipment foreman for the County of 
Kern and the City of Bakersfield. He also owned and operated a business in the 
Kern River Valley for over ten years and retired as an equipment supervisor 
for the U.S. Borax Company in Boron, California. Mr. Morris was a Member of 
the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, the American Battleship Association, 
the U.S. Force Academy Golf Club, and the Grand Masonic Lodge of Colorado. Mr. 
Morris is survived, among others, by his wife, Retha of Colorado Springs; 
daughter, Linda Lucas of Red Bluff, California; sons, Richard Morris of 
Porterville, California and Jim Morris of Grants Pass, Oregon; stepson, Doug 
Scheidegger of Kingsville, Missouri; and stepdaughter, Connie Campbell of 
Kansas City. He also leaves sisters, Mary, Betty and Edith Mae; and brothers, 
Elbert and Allen all of Kentucky; 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 
two great-great-grandchildren. 

Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 7/28/2005.  


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