Beckham Co. - Obit for Marshall Glen Morehead

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Marshall Glen Morehead
CANADIAN - Marshall Glen Morehead, 69, died Thursday, June 8, 2000.

Services will be at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church with the 
Rev. Gary Jahnel, pastor of First United Methodist Church of Mobeetie, 
officiating. Burial will be in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery by Stickley-Hill 
Funeral Directors.

Mr. Morehead was born near Waka in Ochiltree County. He graduated from Canadian 
High School in 1949 and attended Draughon's School of Business at Oklahoma 
City. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. He worked at grocers in 
Oklahoma City, Elk City, Okla., and Woodward, Okla. before returning to Canadian 
in 1969.

He worked in the lumber millwork and retail industry. After retiring he owned 
and operated The River Crossing at Canadian and restored furniture. He was a 
charter member of the Canadian Moose Lodge, a former member of the Canadian 
Lion's Club and a member of First United Methodist Church.

He married Dorothea Rose Kelln in 1954 at Lipscomb County.

Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Marsha Pool of Malakoff, Ruth Ann 
Adkins of Briscoe and Donna Sue Morehead of Amarillo; a son, Marshall Glen 
"Pete" Morehead of Lipscomb; two sisters, Mildred Cole of Enid, Okla., and 
Ava Hale of Panhandle; two brothers, Walton Morehead of Canadian and Charles 
Morehead of Lake Tanglewood; and eight grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to Hemphill County Hospice, 1020 S. Fourth, 
Canadian, TX 79014.

Amarillo Daily News, June 10, 2000