Elmer D. Morris

Elmer Daniel Morris, 89, of Marietta, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 12, 2008.

He was born on October 14, 1919, in Marietta to Roy and Mary Gladys Preston Morris. He was a founding member of The Open Door Baptist Church.   During World War II , he served as a corporal in the Medic Division of the Army Air Corp.  He was a member of the Ohio Operating Engineers and retired from Dravo.  He was also the former owner of The Gulf Service Station in Marietta.

He is survived by one daughter Vikki Morris Piatt and her husband Jerry of Whipple, 3 step daughters:  Helen Huck of Waterford, Mary Lou Moore and her husband Burl of Belpre, and Ruth Bohl and her husband Harold of Lowell; 3 grandchildren:  Melissa Cline and her husband Steve of Whipple, Daniel Whittle and his wife Sandra of Marietta, Trish Schaad and her husband Eric of Ashley, Ohio; 5 great grandchildren Brandon Whittle, Kyle Cline, Madison Whittle, Anna Schaad and Leah Schaad.  Also surviving are 2 brothers: Roy and his wife Elaine of Normantown, WV, and David and his wife Shirley of Marietta; 3 sisters:  Doris Ann Morris, Mary Martha Morris and Letitia Kampmeier of Marietta, sister-in-law JoAnn Morris, and  numerous nieces and nephews, and step grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Pauline Hupp Morris, his second wife, Thelma Statts Morris and his son Sammy Morris, his parents, 2 brothers Richard and Karl Morris and sister Sarah Elizabeth Sprague.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 15th, at 1:00 pm at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Keith Kappel officiating.  Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park with full military rites.  Friends may call at the funeral home beginning at 2 pm on Sunday with family present from 2 until 4 and from 6 until 8.