Morris, Sophronia Fisher

Passed: 2003-04-23

Age: 81

Source: Charleston Gazette

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2003-04-25

Information: LONDONDERRY NH - Sophronia F. Morris, 81, formerly of Ripley WV, died April 23, 2003, at her residence following a period of declining health.  She was born Feb 25, 1922, in Jackson County WV, the daughter of the late Leonard G. and Della Cleek Fisher.  She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Kay; husband, Robert D. Morris; two brothers, Glenn W. and W. Cleek Fisher; and three sisters, Bertha Fisher, Olda Johnson and Jessie Mae Fisher.  She was a graduate of Ripley High School and attended West Virginia Tech.  She was employed as an office manager for Save Supply for several years and was a retired bank teller from United Bank, Ripley.  Sophronia was a member of Londonderry United Methodist Church and of Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 17, Ripley, and was a volunteer at Jackson General Hospital for several years.      She is survived by three nieces, Betty Ridge of Londonderry, Ellen Horner of Silver Spring MD, Mary Basham of Kingsport TN; one nephew, Kenneth Fisher of Sistersville WV; and sisters-in-law, Beatrice F. Hite of Silver Spring, Bernice Fisher of Charleston WV, Waneta Morris of Ripley.  Service will be 2 pm Saturday, May 10, at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar WV, with the Rev. Hubert Groves officiating.  Interment will follow in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardnes, Cross Lanes WV.  Friends may call from 2 to 4  and 6 to 8 pm Friday at Keller Funeral Home, Dunbar, where an Eastern Star service will be held at 7 pm.  In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Portsmouth/Derry/Salem Home Health & Hospice Services, 15R East Broadway, Derry NH 03038.