Judge John C. Morris, Jr., Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Fifth Judicial District

Submitted by:Deanne Pardue 

Sept. 1998



Source:"Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J. Cleveland Fruge'

for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.  1971.

Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit

line is retained.  Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.





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John C. Morris, Jr., District Judge, Fifth Judicial District,

Division "B", was appointed to fill a term which ends in November, 1971.



     Judge Morris was born in Rayville, Louisiana, on July 20, 1921, the

son of John C. Morris and Carrie Hatch Morris.  He graduated from

Rayville High School and received his LL.B. degree from Louisiana State

University.  He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, social fraternity;

Phi Kappa Phi, honorary fraternity; Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity;

Omicron Delta Kappa, service and honorary fraternity; was

editor-in-chief of the Louisiana Law Review, and a member of the Order

of the Coif, scholastic society.



     Judge Morris was admitted to the bar on May 28, 1947, and practiced

in Rayville, Louisiana, from 1947 to 1971.  He was appointed attorney to

assist the Inheritance Tax Collector for Richland Parish from 1957 to

1971, and was a member of the Richland Parish Welfare Board form 1948 to

1960.



     The Judge married the former Alice Heard on August 3, 1957, and

they are the parents of four children: John III, Raymond, Richard and

Lee.



     Judge Morris is Director of the Rayville United Methodist Church,

and President of the Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Association of

Richland Parish, Rayville, Louisiana.



     He is a veteran of World War II.