Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Morrison, John Robert Jr April 1, 1942
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot Friday April 3, 1942
John Robert Morrison, Jr. - Funeral services for John Robert Morrison, Jr., 
aged 49, a prominent insurance man in the Southside, who died Thursday night 
at a church meeting, will be conducted in Rosemont Christian Church, of 
Portlock, this afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The body will lie in view from 2 
until 3 o'clock in the church.  Interment will be in Magnolia Cemetery.
Mr. Morrison resided at 2902 Bainbridge boulevard.  He died of a heart 
attack in the Rosemont Christian Church while holding a pre-Easter service 
and communion, of which church he was clerk and deacon.
Mr. Morrison had been connected with the Presidential Life Insurance Company 
for may years.
He was a son of late John Robert and Nannie Rowland Morrison, and a life 
resident of the section.
The survivors are his wife, Mrs. Ellie King Morrison; two daughters, Miss 
Mildred Mae and Miss Annie Elizabeth Morrison; a step-son, the Rev. Aubrey 
S. Tomlinson, of Laurinburg, N.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Sallie E. Roane and 
Mrs. Fannie M. Herbert, of Rosemont; three brothers, T.O. Morrison, of 
Newport News, and H.L. and A.S. Morrison, of Portlock.
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John Robert Morrison - Funeral services for Mr. Morrison, of 2902 Bainbridge 
boulevard, who died of a heart attack while attending service at the 
Rosemont Congregational Christian Church Wednesday night, were conducted 
yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Rosemont church by the Rev. J. Frank 
Morgan, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Beecher L. Rhodes, D.D., pastor of the 
Berkley Avenue Baptist Church.  The Rev. O.D. Poythress, pastor of the South 
Norfolk Christian Church, sang "Have Thine Own Way Lord."  Members of the 
Prudential Life Insurance Company acted as honorary pallbearers.  Active 
pallbearers were Dr. L.C. Ferebee, Hugh Johnston, Charlie Gibson, C.E. 
Hollowell, W.H. Bradshaw and F. Travis Etheridge.  Burial was in Magnolia 
Cemetery.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot Saturday April 4, 1942




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