July 27,1977 - July 6, 2001
Age: 23
Westport, Indiana
Date of Death: Friday, July 6, 2001
Place of Death: As the result of an accident aboard the
USS Carter Hall
at the Port of Bari in Italy.
Place of Birth: Lindsay, Oklahoma
Date of Funeral: Military Graveside Services will be
conducted at 10:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, July 17, 2001 at the Bear Creek Cemetery
Visitation:
4:00 until 8:00 p.m. Monday at the Bass
& Gasper Funeral Home
Place of Burial: Bear Creek Cemetery
(South of Alert)
Officiating: Rev. Connie Barr
Parents:
Ed Morris of Westport & Kelly
Dunn of Heavener, Oklahoma
Residential: Born in Oklahoma and raised in Westport.
History:
Military Service: He joined the US
Marine Corps in 1999 and was stationed at Camp Leajune, North Carolina.
Education: Graduated from South
Decatur High School in 1996.
SURVIVORS:
Father - Ed Morris - Westport,
Indiana
Mother - Kelly Dunn - Heavener,
Oklahoma
1 Sister
- Jennifer Morris - Heavener, Oklahoma
1 Brother - Michael Morris - Fort
Campbell, Kentucky
1 Step Father - Danny Dunn -
Heavener, Oklahoma
2 Step Sisters - Christinia Jenkens
- Shawnee, Oklahoma
Kayla Dunn - Heavener, Oklahoma
Paternal Grandmother - Allie Morris
- Westport, Indiana
Maternal Grandmother - Ann Shoemake
- Lindsay, Oklahoma
Maternal Grandfather - Manuel McKee
- Lindsay, Oklahoma
Step Grandparents – Jim &
Doris Gallo - Westport, Indiana
Preceded
in death by: Paternal Grandfather: Virgil Morris
Maternal Grandfather: Garland Shoemake
Great Grandmother: Bernice Roop
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Marine Toys for Tots program through the
Bass & Gasper Funeral Home.