Memorial

Mary E. Morris, 90, of 3040 County Home Road, Marion, died July 19, 2008 at St. Luke's Hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at First Church of the Open Bible, 1911 E Avenue NW, Cedar Rapids. Pastor Dan Sanford will officiate. Friends may call from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment will take place at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband Orville; her two sons Billy Enyart and Rex O. Morris both of Marion; grandchildren Richard Enyart and wife Susan of Cedar Rapids, Dot E. Styre and husband Jon of Robins, and Larry Enyart and wife Trisha of St. Louis, MO; her sisters Elizabeth Selby, Evelyn Wheeler, and Kathleen Bailey all of Ashland, KY, and Betty Crooks of Cedar Rapids; her brother Henry Houck and wife Aline of Cedar Rapids. Also surviving are her 7 great-grandchildren, 4 great-great grandchildren, and her beloved dog Lisa.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sisters Lucille Blankenship and Martha Rodgers, and daughter-in-law Barbara Enyart.

Mary Ellen Morris was born May 29, 1918 in Catlettsburg, Kentucky the beloved daughter of John Henry and Goldie Darnell Houck. She was united in marriage to Orville William Morris on November 27, 1949 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. She worked in the family home caring for her children, and family. She was a member of the First Church of the Open Bible for over 50 years. She greatly enjoyed time spent with her family, friends, and her church family. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend who will be greatly missed by all who loved her.