1919
Gilmer
2016
Gilmer Staten Morris
December 28, 1919 — April 18, 2016
A Graveside Service for Gilmer Staten Morris, Jr. of Lakeview, Arkansas, will be 2:00 pm, Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Kirby's Tucker Memorial Mausoleum, with Pastor Donnie Hudson officiating.
Staten passed away April 18, 2016, in Lakeview, Arkansas at the age of 96. He was born December 28, 1919, in Milton, West Virginia, the son of Gilmer and Alberta McComas Morris, Sr. He married Nancy Jo Young on May 31, 1946, in Huntington, West Virginia and worked as a train dispatcher for the C & O Railroad in Peru, Indiana. Staten was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the American Train Dispatchers Association, Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the Moose Lodge in Peru. An avid ham radio operator with the call letters WA9YKM, he was responsible for the ham radio repeater located in Miami County, Indiana. Staten loved Bull Shoals Lake; he and his family had been vacationing there since 1963, where they eventually moved.
Staten is survived by his wife of 70 years, Nancy Jo Morris of Lakeview, AR; daughter, Nancy Gail Berkheiser of Lakeview, AR; two grandchildren, Neisha Gross of Indianapolis, IN, and Kylene Jennings of Mountain Home, AR; and five great-grandchildren, Julia, Landon, Brayden, Noah and Ryley.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Albert, Roger and Karl Morris, two sisters, Lenore Gunnoe and Lyda Mae Goan, and son-in-law, Jim Berkheiser.
Entombment will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Mausoleum, Mountain Home, AR.
Memorials may be made to the MHE Foundation (Multiple Hereditary Exostosis) in honor of his great-granddaughter, who suffers from this disease. Donations may be mailed to the MHE Research Foundation, at 8019 Harbor View Terrace, Brooklyn, NY 11209.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services. Visit an online obituary and guestbook at www.kirbyandfamily.com .
Staten passed away April 18, 2016, in Lakeview, Arkansas at the age of 96. He was born December 28, 1919, in Milton, West Virginia, the son of Gilmer and Alberta McComas Morris, Sr. He married Nancy Jo Young on May 31, 1946, in Huntington, West Virginia and worked as a train dispatcher for the C & O Railroad in Peru, Indiana. Staten was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member of the American Train Dispatchers Association, Order of Railroad Telegraphers and the Moose Lodge in Peru. An avid ham radio operator with the call letters WA9YKM, he was responsible for the ham radio repeater located in Miami County, Indiana. Staten loved Bull Shoals Lake; he and his family had been vacationing there since 1963, where they eventually moved.
Staten is survived by his wife of 70 years, Nancy Jo Morris of Lakeview, AR; daughter, Nancy Gail Berkheiser of Lakeview, AR; two grandchildren, Neisha Gross of Indianapolis, IN, and Kylene Jennings of Mountain Home, AR; and five great-grandchildren, Julia, Landon, Brayden, Noah and Ryley.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Albert, Roger and Karl Morris, two sisters, Lenore Gunnoe and Lyda Mae Goan, and son-in-law, Jim Berkheiser.
Entombment will be in the Kirby's Tucker Memorial Mausoleum, Mountain Home, AR.
Memorials may be made to the MHE Foundation (Multiple Hereditary Exostosis) in honor of his great-granddaughter, who suffers from this disease. Donations may be mailed to the MHE Research Foundation, at 8019 Harbor View Terrace, Brooklyn, NY 11209.
Arrangements are by Kirby and Family Funeral and Cremation Services. Visit an online obituary and guestbook at www.kirbyandfamily.com .
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Saturday, April 23, 2016
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