THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 15, 1996 TAG: 9609150011
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 29 lines
Ernest Lewis ``Buddy'' Morris, 73, died Sept. 12, 1996.
Mr. Morris was born in Norfolk and was a member of Community United Methodist Church, Virginia Beach. He served on active duty during World War II and then in the U.S. Naval Reserve until retirement at the rank of chief warrant officer (CW04). He served and retired from the U.S. Civil Service as comptroller of the Navy Fleet Accounting and Disbursing Center, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Naval Base, Norfolk. His total government service spanned 39 years. He was also a member of the Naomi Masonic Lodge for 43 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eva May Gilbert Morris and Cecil Farwell Mayer Morris.
Mr. Morris is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Geraldine Ewell ``Pat'' Morris; two daughters, Irene Perry of Irvine, Calif., and Lynne Barber of Aiken, S.C.; two sons, Capt. Ernest Lewis Morris Jr., USN of Woodbridge, Va., and Lt. Cmdr. Gary Wayne Morris CHC, USN of Dalhgren, Va.; two sisters, Eva May Gregory and Ardis Alethia Emanuelson; two brothers, Robert L. Morris and James E. Morris; and nine wonderful grandchildren.
A memorial service will be conducted today at 3 p.m. by Dr. G. Keith Almond in Community United Methodist Church, Virginia Beach. Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Kempsville Chapel is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to National Cancer Institute Gift Fund, Radiation/Oncology Branch, NCI Budget Office, Building 31, Room 11A16, Bethesda, Md. 20892.
KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB