Beckham County, OK - Obits: Roy L. Morris, 1990
Sunday, 9 July 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MORRIS, ROY L.
(The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Beckham Co, Ok, 31 Dec 1990)
Roy L. Morris
Funeral services for Roy L. Morris were conducted at 2 p.m. today in the
Martin Funeral Chapel with Rev. Boyd Whitehead and Rev. Jerry Lane
officiating.  Burial followed in the Sayre-Doxey cemetery under the
direction of Martin Funeral Home.
Mr. Morris was born Jan. 2, 1904 in Erath, Texas, and died Saturday at the
age of 86.  He was baptized in the Methodist Church when he was a young
boy.  He was married to Myrtle McMenamy at Lubbock, Texas on Feb. 18,
1925.  They had one son, Dwayne.  Roy was a farmer all his life except for
the four years that he worked in the shipyard in California.  He served on
the Doxey School Board for several years, on the Famers Co-op Gin Board as
Director for 34 years, and on the Producer Co-op Oil Board at Oklahoma
City for 19 years.
Survivors include his wife Myrtle of the Elk City home; one son, Dwayne
Morris, of Tuttle; one grandson, Patrick Morris of Yukon, and two sisters,
Bertha and Bula Ramsey, both of Gardena, Calif.  He was preceded in death
by his parents, seven sisters and seven brothers.
Those desiring may send memorial contributions to the Oklahoma Medical
Research Foundation.