The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
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DATE: Monday, August 1, 1994                 TAG: 9408010010
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: FRANKLIN                           LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

WILLIAM B. MORRIS

William Britton Morris, 76, of Scottswood Drive, died Sunday, July 31, 1994, in Southampton Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Morris was a native of Aulander, N.C. He was retired as the Mid Atlantic Regional Customer Service Manager for St. Regis Paper Company after 36 years of service. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was a member of Franklin Baptist Church, Lamba Chi Alpha Fraternity and a charter member of the Hunterdale Ruritan Club.

Survivors include his wife, Ruby Hall Morris; two sons, Allan L. Morris of Zuni and Marcus W. Morris of Vinto, Bolivia; one sister, Cleo M. Curle of Franklin; and one brother, Joseph Morris of Ahoskie, N.C.; and seven grandchildren.

Mr. Morris was predeceased by his first wife, Eloise Castellow Morris.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Wright Funeral Home.l

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