Obituary
Bishop Dallas Morris Sr.
70, of Harmony passed from this life on Sunday, March 17, 2013 in Tyler,
Texas with his family by his side. He was a loving husband, daddy, Paw Paw,
great Paw Paw, brother and friend.
A celebration of Dallas’s life will be held at 6:30 P.M. on Tuesday, March
19, 2012 in the Sanctuary of Mount Pleasant Church of God of Prophecy, 121
East White Street, Mount Pleasant, Texas under the direction of Sterling
Funeral Home in Dayton, Texas. A gathering of Dallas’s family and friends
will be from 4:00 to 6:30 PM on Tuesday at the church. A celebration of
Dallas’s life will also be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, March, 22, 2013 in
the chapel of Heck Funeral Home in Milton, WV. Interment will follow in
Morris Family Cemetery in Pinch, WV.
Dallas was preceded in death by his parents Arthur and Olive Shin Morris;
sister, Mary Morris Foster; brother, Garland “Potch” Morris. Dallas served
as pastor for forty eight years in the Church of God of Prophecy in Ohio,
West Virginia and Texas. He loved raising his cattle, deer hunting,
attending children’s, and grandchildren’s sporting events. Dallas loved
preaching and winning the lost to Christ.
Dallas is survived by his wife of 53 years, Wanda Kay Morris; daughters,
Regina Morris Raiborn and husband, Rev. Joe, Rita Morris Martin and husband,
Rev. Russell; sons, Dallas Morris Jr. and wife, Rebecca, Kenneth Morris,
Darrin Morris and wife, Tabatha; eighteen grandchildren, seventeen
great-grandchildren; brothers, Rome Morris, and wife, Juanita, Howard Morris
and wife, Jeannie, Delbert “Bub” Morris and wife, Brenda, Bishop Ronald
“Babe” Morris and wife, Connie; and a host of other family and friends.
Pallbearers in Texas will be grandsons, Rusty, Boo, Darryl, Brian, Dustin,
Colton and Dylan. Honorary Pallbearers are Bishop James Logan, Curtis
Swearingen, Rev. Eddie Bradshaw, Rev. Freddie Turner, Don Wyatt, and Bishop
Wesley Vandever. Pallbearers in West Virginia will be Dallas Morris Jr.,
Kenneth Morris, Darrin Morris, Rev. Russell Martin, Rev. Joe Raiborn, and
Darryl Edge
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