Andrew Jackson MORRIS

                   SOURCES:
    1. Documents in poss of Lee Ann PRITCHERT GARVIN, of Queen Creek, AZ
    2. Chuck Rowan
    3. 1900 Federal Census, Vol.48, E.D.68, Line 75 - Stonewall Dist, Rockingham Co., VA
    4. 1910 Federal Census, Vol. E.D. 83 - McGaheysville Precinct, Stone- wall Dist, Rockingham Co., VA
    5. 1997 Ordinance Index - nil
    6. Ancestral File - nil
    7. 1880 Monroe, Greene Co., VA Census ED61 sh 10
BIRTHPLACE:
    Greene or Albermarle County

BURIALS:
    McGaheysville Cemetery

    OBITUARY

    DEATH OF A. J. MORRIS
    Well Known Citizen of Montevideo
    Neighborhood Had Been Ill
    for a Year

    A. J. Morris, a well known and highly respected citizen of this community died
    Monday evening about 6 o'clock, at his home near Montevideo. He had been in
    failing health for a year and for several weeks he had been growing gradually
    weaker. He was found dead by some of the family. Death due to heart trouble.

    For many years he had been a member of the Progressive Brethren Church and was
    a faithful worker in all church affairs. He was about sixty-five years old and
    was twice married.

    His first wife was Miss Crawford and his second wife, Miss Messersmith who
    survives him. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Jacob Armentrout, of near Richmond
    and Mrs. Mary Ann Pollack of Island Ford, and three brothers, Jessie, James and
    Henry Morris, and the following children: Mrs. W. H. Pritchert, Mrs. R. F.
    Rowan, Mrs. Luther Greyer, Miss Bertie Morris all of Illinois, Misses Lula and
    Melvina Morris, of Staunton, Luther, Artemus and Vern of the Western States;
    Alexander and Ambrose of Pennlaird, Theodore, Lester, and Rosa Morris at
    home.

    OBITUARY
    Mrs. Morris, 79
    Passes Away

    Mrs. Annie Morris, 79, one of McGaheysville's most beloved residents, died late
    Monday night at the Newman Nursing Home in Grottoes.

    Mrs. Morris, who was Miss Annie Good before her marriage, spent her entire life
    in the East Rockingham section. She was the widow of Andrew J. Morris.

    She is survived by two sons, Theodore Morris, of Elkton; Lester Morris, of
    Plainfield, N.J. one sister, Mrs. Charles Hinkle, of Goods Mill;
    Four step-children, Mrs. R. F. Rowan, of Illinois; Mrs. L. C. Owen, of New
    Hope; Miss Lula Morris, of Staunton; and Luther Morris of Detroit; and two
    grandchildren.

    Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 from the McGaheysville
    Methodist Church with the Rev. Harold M. Fuss in charge. Burial will be in the
    McGaheysville Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be: Benton Burke, Avis Burke, W. A.
    Yancey, N. W. Sheetz, Ben Rolston, and Dennis Good.

    The body will remain at the Brill Funeral Home in Elkton until Thursday noon
    when it will be moved to the church to lie in state until the hour of the
    funeral.