Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Morrison, John E. Jr. Dr. August 22, 2016
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Ionia sentinel Standard- Sat. Aug. 27, 2016

DR. JOHN E. MORRISON
Dr. John E. Morrison, Jr. age 77, walked on ahead of us to his new life on 
Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Dr. Morrison was born in Saranac, Michigan to the late 
John Eddy Morrison, Sr. and Vera (Young) Morrison.

Dr. Morrison graduated from Saranac Community High School in 1957, and went on 
to earn a bachelor's degree from Michigan State, a Master's degree from the 
Univ. of Michigan, and a Ph.D. from the Univ. of Kentucky. Dr. Morrison was an 
irrepressible engineer and researcher for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 
over 30 years and a former employee of Eaton Corporation. He was the past 
President of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization, held numerous 
patents, and traveled the world helping to improve agriculture in developing 
countries all over Asia, Africa, and Central America. In the mountains of 
Tennesee where he retired, he was a member of the Back Country horsemen and was 
active in the Hispanic Ministry of Nicoi United Methodist Church. Dr. Morrison 
was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton and enjoyed horseback 
riding, fishing, backpacking, writing poetry, painting, and designing 
agricultural machinery.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 54 years, Mary Ellen 
(Jones) Morrison; his daughter, Suzie Coghlan and husband Michael, of Arlington, 
TX; two sons, John Eddy Morrison and wife, Nery Diaz, of Manhattan, NY, and 
Thanh Van Nguyen Morrison and wife Laycee Suiter, of Gainesville, FL; one 
grandson, Matthew Morrison, of Gainesville, FL; two granddaughters, Danielle 
Coghlan, of Houston, TX and Lisa Le, of Greensboro, NC; one sister, Dori 
McNeeley and husband Donald, of Ionia, Mi.; and one sister in spirit (and cousin 
by blood), Roberta Haynor, of Dearborn, MI.

A memorial service and interment of ashes will be conducted at 5 p.m. on Sunday, 
Aug. 28, 2016 at the Saranac Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Unicoi United 
Methodist Church/Hispanic Ministry, 702 Virginia Street, Unicoi, TN 37692, in 
honor of John E. Morrison, Jr.

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