Jerry Dale Morrison, age 70 years, a resident of Route # 1, Kerens, WV, the Pheasant Run Community, departed this life Thursday morning, April 25, 2013 at the Hospice Care Regional Inpatient Center at Elkins, WV. He had been in declining health.
He was born Friday, September 18, 1942 at Kerens, WV a son of the late Carlton L. “Jack” and Mamie Ruth Hansford Pownell Morrison. On March 7, 1964 at Ft. Belvoir, VA he was married to the former Olive Mae Johnson, who survives. Also surviving are three sons, Kenneth C. “K.C.” Morrison and wife Donna, of Parsons; Dale R. Morrison, Chesapeake, VA; James “Todd” Morrison and wife Erica, Mechanicsburg, PA; two brothers, Terrill L. “Terry” Morrison, of Wilmington, NC; Philip F. Pownell and companion, Mary Johanna Nelson, of Elkins; one sister, Frances “Jean” Hinkel, of Baltimore, MD; eight grandchildren, Sarah Morrison; Steven Cousin; William “Billy” Morrison; William “Wil” Morrison; Alexandria “Alli” Morrison; Robert “Rob” Morrison; Rebecca “Becky” Morrison; and Marla “Mollie” Morrison; and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death are two brothers, Charles A.; and Robert A. Pownell.
He was a graduate of Parsons High School with the Class of 1960 and was a veteran of the Vietnam War having served with the U. S. Army for six years. He was an Air Traffic Controller, having worked at Washington National; Dryden, NY; Charleston, WV; and Norfolk, VA, from which he retired. He attended the Riverview Chapel Church at Porterwood, WV and enjoyed hunting, fishing and driving the van for the Tucker County Senior Center.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons from 4 to 6 PM, Saturday, May 4, 2013. At 6 PM, at the funeral home parlor, a funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. James Snyder. Cremation will follow. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Tucker County Senior Center, 217 Senior Lane, Parsons, WV 26287 or to the Riverview Chapel Church, 511 Walnut Street, Parsons, WV 26287.
