James Edward “Ed” Morris, 74, of Morganton, went home to be
with our Lord on Monday, March 19, 2018 with the comfort of his wife and some
family by his side. Ed was born to the late William Garland Morris and Laura
Louise Edwards Morris on Thursday, September 23, 1943 in McDowell County. He
was preceded in death by his brother Robert William Morris.
Those left behind to cherish Ed’s memory include his wife of
33 years, Sherri Morris of the home; his daughter Marguerite Holby of Pitcairn,
PA; his son James “Jim” Morris, Jr. of Lake Wiley, SC; his daughter Lorie
Morris of Cumming, GA; his son Chris Eastman of De Pere WI; granddaughter Erika
Eng of Trafford , PA; granddaughter Jayde Eng of Wilmerding, PA; grandson Jake
Short of Cumming, GA; granddaughter Ever Morris of Lake Wylie, SC; great
grandson Max Scott of Wilmerding, PA; sister-in-law Bertha Morris of Union
Mills, NC; and niece Tori Crawford of Chesapeake, VA.
Ed received his high school diploma in 1960 from Mount
Vernon School, Rutherford County. Ed started his career as a pipefitter at
Newport News Shipbuilding Apprenticeship School in Newport News, VA. After
graduation, he became staff supervisor over the pipefitting department. He then
went on to work for ITT Grinnell as a pipefitter in Kernersville, NC;
Westinghouse on an offshore nuclear floating power plant in Jacksonville, FL;
then on to nuclear power plants with Westinghouse in Krsko, Yugoslavia (now
called Slovenia), Philippine Nuclear power plant on Bataan Peninsula, nuclear
power plant near Kaoshiung, Taiwan, and one in Shanghai, China. He retired in
Morganton, not very far from Cane Creek Community in McDowell County, where he
was born.
A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday,
March 24, 2018 at Cane Creek Baptist Church with Pastor Paul Carlson
officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday evening
at Kirksey Funeral Home.
