NAME: JEWELL EDWARD MORRIS, AGE 86, OF CADDO AND A FORMER LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1913 AT MULBERRY, ARKANSAS TO COLUMBUS & OPERA MAY (PORTER) MORRIS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME. AGE: 86 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN JUMBO, PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: LOIS ALPHA PAYNE ON JUNE 14, 1937 AT ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION: HE OWNED AND OPERATED A SAWMILL AND LATER WENT INTO FARMING. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: PRENTIS C. MORRIS AND WIFE MARY OF QUINTON, OK. JOHNNY L. MORRIS AND WIFE ALVANELL OF ATOKA, OK. DOYLE G. MORRIS AND WIFE OVA OF MCALESTER, OK. DAUGHTERS: RUTH MAYO AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF ATOKA, OK. PEGGY LOOPER AND HUSBAND ARLON OF PARKER, AZ. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: VERONA OF EUGENE, OR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: LOIS MORRIS ON DECEMBER 27, 1999. PARENTS: COLUMBUS AND OPERA MORRIS. CHILDREN: COLUMBUS MELZER, JESSE DALE, AND BETTY JUNE. BROTHERS: FRED, FRANK, HAROLD, VERNON, AND J. W. MORRIS. SISTERS: ECHO GRIST GRANDDAUGHTER: LA JOY BETH MORRIS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. CLINTON THURMAN. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) EDWARD MORRIS, BRANDON MORRIS, THOMAS MATTHEWS, STEVE MAYO, TIM LOOPER, BILL BALLARD, CARL MATTHEWS, SCOTT LOOPER, MICAH MORRIS HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES CARROLL, KENNETH FRAZIER, JACK MOODY, DONALD COYLE, KENNETH MOSER.