Obituaries: Rev. Silas L. Morris, 1928, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 27, 1928 Colfax Chronicle

Died:

MORRIS - Rev. Silas L. Morris died at 4 a.m. January 24, 1928, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. G. A. Carothers, 1015 Arlington Ave., Jackson, Miss.

Dr. Morris was the eldest child of Captain Darl and Cyrena E. Morris and was
born in Rankin County, Miss., July 31, 1854.  He moved with his parents to
Winn Parish in 1858.  In 1876 he entered Mississippi College and afterwards
attended Soule's Business College in New Orleans, and in 1878 removed to
Texas.

He became a Baptist preacher before he reached his majority.  In 1881, he
entered the senior class of Waco University, deferred his graduation, but was
unanimously elected alumnus.

He served the Beulah, New Zion, and Marlin churches of Texas; was pastor of
the church at Winnfield, La., and later of Atlanta, Georgia.

He was for a number of years editor of the "Guardian," a Baptist monthly
magazine, and was employed as a prohibition lecturer in the Southern states at
the time of his death.

Rev. Silas L. Morris was married in 1879 to Mary J. Davis, of Robertson
County, Texas.  She died soon after their marriage.  He was married a second
time April 30th, 1885, to Hallie Byrd Burleson, only daughter of the Rev. Dr.
Rufus C. and Georgia Burleson, of Waco, Texas.

Dr. Morris is survived by his wife and daughter, Mrs. Georgialene Carothers,
of Jackson, Miss., and one son, Mr. Lawrence Morris of Atlanta, Ga.; also one
brother, N. D. Morris of Pineville, and two sisters, Mrs. Ida Bell, of Dry
Prong, La., and Mrs. E. S. Murrell of Colfax, La.