Obituaries:  Willie Morris, 1927, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From:  January 28, 1927 Winnfield News-American

W. Morris Life-Long Citizen Of Parish Dies

Held In High Esteem, Buried At Gansville Tuesday

Willie Morris, a life long resident of Gansville, died suddenly at five o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the age of 78 years.  

Mr. Morris, a leading citizen of his community, was a member of the Siloam
Baptist Church.

When a young man, he married to Miss Amanda Pyburn, who with their four children,
Mrs. R. L. Haigler, of Wyatt; Mrs. T. C. Moffett, of San Antonio, Texas; Mrs.
Critman Barnes, of Jonesboro; and Mr. Hasson Morris, of Winnfield, survive him.

He was buried at Gansville, Tuesday, Rev. A. H. Cullen, pastor of the Baptist
Church, Winnfield, conducting the services.

The high esteem in which Mr. Morris was held was attested to by the large crowd
who attended his funeral, some of the number being colored people, who had been
tentants on the Morris farm.