Family of J. B. MORRIS, Sr.


Birth: 19 DEC 1919* (Catahoula Parish, LA)
Death: 11 JAN 1990 (Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, LA)
Burial: Heard Cemetery (Manifest, Catahoula Parish, LA)

Grandparents Parents Siblings
Johnson Marion MORRIS
b. 20 DEC 1849 (LA)
d. 1 NOV 1912

Linda Ann HUMBLE
b. 14 FEB 1853 (LA)
d. 25 FEB 1944

 Benjamin Franklin
(“Frank”) MORRIS
b. 12 OCT 1875 (LA)
d. 1 MAY 1943		 Artie MORRIS
b. 1 JAN 1898 (LA)
d. 2 JAN 1966

Luther C. MORRIS
b. 1900 (LA)
d. between 1920-1930

Carvel Frank MORRIS, Sr.
b. 11 JUL 1902 (LA)
d. 2 DEC 1992

Bessie MORRIS
b. about 1904 (LA)
d. between 1910-1920

 Jeddie David MORRIS
b. 26 MAR 1907 (LA)
d. 13 JAN 2000

Susie Matilda MORRIS
b. 19 FEB 1909 (LA)
d. 22 OCT 1991

Bud MORRIS
b. 1914 (LA)
d. 2 NOV 1919

Lillian MORRIS
b. 3 JAN 1915 (LA)
d. 19 JUN 2003

Tressie L.
(“Betty”) MORRIS
b. 15 FEB 1918 (LA)
d. 29 JUL 1987

 Louise MORRIS
b. 16 MAY 1924 (LA)
d. 15 NOV 2012

(Female) MORRIS
b. SEP 1928 (LA)
d. 7 NOV 1928

Joshua Monroe
(“Sambo”) MORRIS
b. 1930 (LA)

Ben F. MORRIS
b. 5 JUL 1933 (LA)
Esaw B. BASS
b. 17 APR 1843 (MS)
d. 18 SEP 1912

Margaret Ann Marintha MCCARTY
b. DEC 1844 (LA)
d. 1911

 Isabell BASS
b. 9 OCT 1880 (LA)
d. 10 MAR 1926

Spouse Children
Eva GODFREE
b. 9 SEP 1910
d. 26 FEB 1991		 Robert Lee MORRIS
b. 10 MAY 1939 (LA)
d. 16 OCT 1995

J. B. MORRIS, Jr.
b. unknown (LA)

 Mary Lou MORRIS
b. 24 MAR 1943 (LA)
d. 2 DEC 2010

Robbie MORRIS
b. unknown (LA)

 Joyce MORRIS
b. 20 AUG 1946 (LA)

Marjorie Marie MORRIS
b. 11 NOV 1949 (LA)

*J. B. MORRIS' tombstone and his SSDI record give his birthdate as 19 DEC 1917. However, he was not listed in the 1920 census and that date conflicts with the birthdate of his sister, Tressie L. (“Betty”) MORRIS.

Photo of J. B. MORRIS, Sr.
Tombstone of J. B. MORRIS, Sr.
Photo of Eva GODFREE
Tombstone of Eva GODFREE
Tombstone of Robert Lee MORRIS and Belle FRANKLIN
Obituary for Belle FRANKLIN (wife of Robert Lee MORRIS)
Obituary for Mary Lou MORRIS
Obituary for Julas Ernest BLANEY (former husband of Marjorie Marie MORRIS)

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Last updated on November 7, 2014.