Marietta Yon Morris' Obituary
Mrs. Marietta Yon Morris, 92, of Oklahoma City and formerly of Kannapolis and Charlotte, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at ManorCare in Oklahoma City, OK.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, March 24, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Curtis Parker and the Rev. Ralph Robinette will officiate. Interment will follow at Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Lady's Funeral Home.
Born August 10, 1915 in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Wyatt Yon and Annie Robinson Yon. She retired in 1980 from Cannon Mills Plant #1 where she was employed for 36 years. She was a member of Central Baptist Church in Kannapolis and Sunny Lane Southern Baptist Church in Del City OK.
Her husband, Howard Paul Morris, preceded her in death on January 12, 1969.
Survivors include her daughter, Betty Scrimgeour of Charlotte; a son, William and wife Libby Jordan Morris of Oklahoma City, OK; one sister, Pauline "Polly" Reavis of Kannapolis; a brother, Ira Yon and wife, Peggy, of Kannapolis; five grandchildren, Bernard Gouch, Allen Gouch, Paul Gouch, Lee Morris and Kimmi Morris Butler; seven great-grandchildren, Chas Gouch, Paul Gouch, Jr., Caitlin Gouch, Jada Gouch, Sophia Gouch, Blair Butler and Rachel Butler; and a host of Christian brothers and sisters.
Memorials may be sent to Central Baptist Church, 1810 Moose Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083 or The Gideons International, PO Box 52, Kannapolis, NC 28082.
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