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Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 29, 2016 from 5-8 PM.
A Graveside Service will take place at the Mount Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Road, Montclair, on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM. If family and friends would like to travel in procession from the funeral home to the cemetery, please meet outside of the funeral home at 10:30 AM, otherwise meet directly at the cemetery.
Gloria June Morris, “June” age 78, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 27, 2016.
June was a southern girl, born and raised on a farm in Rose Hill, Mississippi. She loved to tell stories about her childhood and how they typically only left remote Rose Hill once or twice a year. After graduation from high school, she pursued further education – first two years at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, then two more years at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg where, in 1960, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in education.
June began her teaching career at Biloxi Junior High School in Biloxi, Mississippi. Soon after, while attending a church meeting, she met a strapping young U.S. Air Force serviceman named George Morris. After a couple of years of dating, they married on Sunday, July 12, 1964 at Kessler Air Force Base Chapel in Biloxi, Mississippi. They honeymooned in New Jersey, then June resumed her teaching at Biloxi Jr. High School and George continued his service in the Air Force. They had to move once as a result of George being transferred to Great Falls, Montana but, after his honorable discharge from the service in 1965, they moved to Nutley, NJ. June took a job in the West Orange Schools where she taught mathematics and gym classes.
In 1968, June gave birth to a son George “Mark” Markley Morris, III and, from that point on, she settled into a new role as mother and homemaker. The family eventually moved to Wayne where June resided to the present time.
June was a skilled seamstress who made much of her own clothing. She also enjoyed helping others by volunteering as the cheerful person with the welcoming smile who greeted you when you came to visit your loved one at Wayne General Hospital. When George retired, he and June joined the Wayne Adult Community Center where they took computer classes and volunteered to mail out the center’s newsletter. They also took occasional trips to Mississippi to visit June’s brothers and they loved the time that retirement afforded them to vacation for several years in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine at the Linekin Bay Resort. There, they enjoyed sailing, swimming and making friends.
June is survived by her beloved husband of 52 blessed years – George M. Morris; her dear brothers: Claude Eugene Chatham “Gene” and wife Suzanne of Jackson, MS, and Dennis Chatham and wife Leah of Rose Hill, MS; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her dear son George “Mark” Morris, III in 2012.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Gloria’s name are asked to consider Green Valley Cemetery, care of Rita Davis, 417 57th Court, Meridian, MS 39305.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 29, 2016 from 5-8 PM.
A Graveside Service will take place at the Mount Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Road, Montclair, on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM. If family and friends would like to travel in procession from the funeral home to the cemetery, please meet outside of the funeral home at 10:30 AM, otherwise meet directly at the cemetery.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Thursday, September 29, 2016 from 5-8 PM.
A Graveside Service will take place at the Mount Hebron Cemetery, 851 Valley Road, Montclair, on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:30 AM. If family and friends would like to travel in procession from the funeral home to the cemetery, please meet outside of the funeral home at 10:30 AM, otherwise meet directly at the cemetery.
Gloria June Morris, “June” age 78, of Wayne, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 27, 2016.
June was a southern girl, born and raised on a farm in Rose Hill, Mississippi. She loved to tell stories about her childhood and how they typically only left remote Rose Hill once or twice a year. After graduation from high school, she pursued further education – first two years at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi, then two more years at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg where, in 1960, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in education.
June began her teaching career at Biloxi Junior High School in Biloxi, Mississippi. Soon after, while attending a church meeting, she met a strapping young U.S. Air Force serviceman named George Morris. After a couple of years of dating, they married on Sunday, July 12, 1964 at Kessler Air Force Base Chapel in Biloxi, Mississippi. They honeymooned in New Jersey, then June resumed her teaching at Biloxi Jr. High School and George continued his service in the Air Force. They had to move once as a result of George being transferred to Great Falls, Montana but, after his honorable discharge from the service in 1965, they moved to Nutley, NJ. June took a job in the West Orange Schools where she taught mathematics and gym classes.
In 1968, June gave birth to a son George “Mark” Markley Morris, III and, from that point on, she settled into a new role as mother and homemaker. The family eventually moved to Wayne where June resided to the present time.
June was a skilled seamstress who made much of her own clothing. She also enjoyed helping others by volunteering as the cheerful person with the welcoming smile who greeted you when you came to visit your loved one at Wayne General Hospital. When George retired, he and June joined the Wayne Adult Community Center where they took computer classes and volunteered to mail out the center’s newsletter. They also took occasional trips to Mississippi to visit June’s brothers and they loved the time that retirement afforded them to vacation for several years in beautiful Boothbay Harbor, Maine at the Linekin Bay Resort. There, they enjoyed sailing, swimming and making friends.
June is survived by her beloved husband of 52 blessed years – George M. Morris; her dear brothers: Claude Eugene Chatham “Gene” and wife Suzanne of Jackson, MS, and Dennis Chatham and wife Leah of Rose Hill, MS; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her dear son George “Mark” Morris, III in 2012.
In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy in Gloria’s name are asked to consider Green Valley Cemetery, care of Rita Davis, 417 57th Court, Meridian, MS 39305.
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