Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Buford Morrison
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   MORRISON
   Buford MORRISON was born November 24, 1919, at Lenna. He died December
   16, 1989, in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Leavenworth, KS.
   No information was given on his funeral services or interment.
   He graduated from Stidham High School and Haskell Institute in
   Lawrence, KS. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army 315th Infantry and
   served in Europe in World War II. He was employed with the United
   States Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), serving in both New Mexico and
   Kansas before retiring in 1976 as the Superintendent for the BIA in
   Wewoka. He moved to Ottawa in 1975. He was a member of the North
   Baptist Church, Ottawa, the National Association of Retired Federal
   Employees, and the Ottawa Stroke Club. He was married to Barbara Jane
   SHEPHERD of Ottawa on December 10, 1947. She preceded him in death on
   November 19, 1984. He then married Joanne Marie GARRISON on May 16,
   1988.
   He was the son of Major Chester and Carrie Wood MORRISON, both
   deceased. Also preceding him in death was a brother and sister, Jackie
   MORRISON and Eloise MORRISON. He is survived by his wife, Joanne, of
   the home; four stepsons, Shepherd COLLINS and his wife Judi of Ottawa,
   Jay GARRISON of Maryland, Jeff GARRISON of Ft. Leonard Wood, MO, and
   James GARRISON and his wife Carole of Olathe, KS; one brother, John
   Levi MORRISON of Yuma, AZ; six sisters, Hattie JONES, Dorothy REED,
   and Hettie ROBINSON, all of Eufaula, Mary EDWARDS and Lenora COPELAND
   of Arvin, CA, and Liz SPEAR of Dustin; three step-granddaughters,
   Julie THURO, Angie Dawn COLLINS, and Jamie Lee GARRISON; two
   step-great-grandchildren, Joshua THURO and Christopher COLLINS.