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- From Jerry Stout:
Here is the obituary for William Robert Morrell....
Elizabethton Star, Elizabethton, TN - Monday, October 9, 1933
DEATH TAKES W. R. MORRELL
William Robert Morrell, 87, died at his home at Watauga Valley Sunday morning.
Funeral services were conducted from the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The final rites were in charge of the Rev. E. E. Hazelwood and the Rev. C. L. Bowden. Bruial was in the Wilson Cemetery.
Survivors are the widow, Levica Crowe Morrell, and eight sons and daughters, Mrs. Julia Bowers, Bluff City; Mrs. Louisa Rutledge, Bluff City; Mrs. AIice Williams, Watauga Valley; Bradey C. Morrell, Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Baxter Nave, Elizabethton; Mrs. Jennie Peters, Watauga; James Morrell, Watauga Valley; and Mrs. Clarence Wood, Beuna Vista, Va.; two brothers, Mose Morrell and Ike Morrell, both of Elizabethton; and one sister, Mrs. Maggie Stout, Johnson City.
Mr. Morrell enlisted Sept. 22, 1863 in Company A, 13th Tennessee cavalry and was discharged Sept. 5, 1865.
Pall bearers will be hobert Williams, Taylor Wilson, Canley McClure, Oscar R. Williams, Joseph W. Carrier, and David May.
A military funeral will be conducted at the grave.
"Elizabethton Star," Tuesday, October 10, 1933
CROWD ATTENDS MORRELL RITES HELD AT HOME
A large crowd attended the funeral services for William Robert Morrell, 87, that were conducted from the home at Watauga Valley Monday afternoon. The final rites were in charge of the Rev. E. E. Hazelwood and the Rev. C. L. Bowden.
Active pall bearers: Herbert Willaims, Taylor Wilson, Canley McClure, Oscar R. WilIiams, Joseph W. Carrier and David May.
Flower bearers: Mesdames Bessie Williams, Hazel Williams, Grace Williams, Ollie White, Annie May, Maude Wilson, Emma Carrier, Minnie LaPort, Mae Nave, Elmer Lewis, Oddis Lewis, and Miss Nell Lewis.
Note: In my files I have his parents listed as Caleb MORRELL and Lavia "Vica" CROWE and his wife Sally MOTTERN's parents listed as George MOTTERN and Louisa MILLER.
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1845 - 1933 (~ 88 years)
