Obit of Morris, Ronald Andrew - Roger Mills County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 03 Sep 2006 Return to Roger Mills County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== ::Cheyenne Cemetery--Cheyenne OK Surnames: Morris, Anddrews Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/6837 This community was shocked and deeply grieved at the news of the death of Ronnie Morris, 16, on Saturday night, April 19th, 1982. The accident occurred at 11:30 p.m. one mile west of Cheyenne on Highway 47. Ronnie was east bound and failed to negotiate a curve. The 1972 Chevrolet car over turned 1 1/2 times. Young Morris was thrown out of the car. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Roger Mills Memorial Hospital in Cheyenne. Investigating officer was B.R. Thomas of the Elk City detachment. The family have requested that in lieu of floral offerings, donations may be made in memory of Ronnie to the Pentecostal Holiness Church Youth Fund at the Security State Bank in Cheyenne. Ronald Andrew Morris was born on November 20, 1965 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma and passed away on April 10, 1982 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 16 years, 4 months and 20 days. Ronald was a sophmore in Cheyenne High School where he was an active memmber of the FFA. He was an Assistant Yourth Director of the Pentecostal Holiness Church of Cheyenne where he had been a member the past 7 years. He was a hard worker and started mowing lawns as a small child and was presently working at the Campbell's Food Store. He was preceded in death by his Grandmother Andrews. He is survived by his parents, Emmett and Dammie Morris of Cheyenne; 3 brothers, Lee and wife, Rita of Oklahoma City; Bob and wife, Teresa of Cheyenne; and Wade of Cheyenne; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Morris of Cheyenne; his paternal grandfather, M.F. Andrews of Cheyenne; 2 nieces, Jennifer Morris of Oklahoma City and Dorothy Mae Morris of Cheyenne; and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at 2:009 P.M. on Tuesday, April 13th, 1982 in the First Baptist Church of Cheyenne with Rev. Bill Dodd and Rev. Roger Klopenstein officiating. Burial was in the Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma unde the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK 15-Apr-1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Roger Mills Archives http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/rogermills/rogermills.html