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Lenna
Morris
Jan 20, 1928 — May 4, 2017
Mrs. Lenna W. Morris, age 89, of Hazlehurst, died Thursday, May 04, 2017, at Coliseum Health System in Macon. Mrs. Morris was born January 20, 1928, in Appling County to the late Wade Hampton Watson, Sr. and the late Pearl Matthews Watson. She is preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Morris, sisters, Jean Watson, Nell Watson and brother, Rev. W. Hampton Watson. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Raylene and Gary Carter of LaGrange, GA; two sons and daughter-in-law, Charles and Carlin Morris of Dallas, TX and Larry Morris of Hazlehurst; three grandchildren, Caitlin Morris Hyatt (Mike) Charlie Morris (Lindsay) and Scott Davis; great-grandchildren, Will Hyatt, Grayson Hyatt, Tate Morris, Spencer Hyatt, Walker Morris, Scout Morris, Anthony Davis, Ashley Hobbs, Shelby Lee, Hayley Davis and Dalton Davis, much-loved nieces (Janice, Susan and Ann) and nephews (Cecil, Raybon and Wade), and special friends, Jane Baggett and Ethel Phillips. Mrs. Morris moved to Hazlehurst in 1946 (at 18) to be the first manager of Courson's Five and Ten Cent Store (Hazlehurst Branch). She took a few years off from the business world to raise her children. When her youngest child began school in the mid '60's she reopened the dormant Georgia Farm Bureau in Jeff Davis County and retired as the agency manager after a thirty-year career. She was a life-long Methodist and member of the First United Methodist Church of Hazlehurst, where she served as Choir Director for almost 40 years, and held numerous leadership positions throughout the church including lay leader. She remained active in her Sunday school class and her UMW circle until her death. "Miss Lenna
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