Monday Obituary

Hazel Starnes Morris
(November 6, 1921 – November 7, 2010)

A resident of Kentwood she died at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at her home. She was born November 6, 1921 in Magnolia, MS and was 89 years of age. She was a Past Worthy Matron of Ira Chapter #84, Order of the Eastern Star in Kentwood. She owned and operated her own beauty shop for a number of years in Kentwood, worked for the Kentwood News newspaper and Kentwood News Ledger for 20 years and was curator for the Kentwood Historical and Cultural Museum for 12 years. She loved and doted on her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and shared her love of reading with them. She is survived by 2 daughters, Desiree White and Lycia M. Moran and her husband, Edward; 2 sons, Glenn Morris and Johnny Morris and his wife, Katherine, all of Kentwood; a sister, Kathleen Lea Ables, Baton Rouge; 4 grandchildren, Jay Morris and his wife, Andrea, Stephensville, TX, Lee Moran and his wife, Courtney, Kentwood, Shelly Adams and her husband, Dan, McComb, MS and Bolton Morris, Baton Rouge; 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Claude Morris; son, Joe Ellis Walker; brother, Ellis Starnes, Jr.; 3 sisters, Sybil Williams, Mildred Starnes and Desiree Starnes; great-grandson, Chase Moran. Visitation at McKneely Funeral Home, Kentwood, from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 and from 8 a.m. until religious services at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2010. Services conducted by Rev. Ken Irvin. Interment Woodland Cemetery, Kentwood. Pallbearers will be Jay Morris, Lee Moran, Bolton Morris, Dan Adams, Stewart Miller and Aaron Pedigo.