Gravesides service for Rev. Rual W. Morris will be held at 11:30am on Saturday October 3rd, 2020 at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery with Rev. David Morris officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:30 - 11:00am on Saturday at the funeral home. Rev. Morris passed away Monday in Florida.
A memorial service will also be held on Friday at 1:00pm at Pine Forest United Methodist Church, Pensacola, FL. Dr. Andy Blackmon will officiate.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Bonnie Salter Morris; sons, Steve (Pat) Morris of Montgomery, AL and the Rev. Dan (Sharmon) Morris of Gulf Breeze, FL; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; siblings Willene M. Beck of Atmore and Carlisle (Bert) Morris of Robertsdale; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Marion Worth and Jettie Campbell Morris; and brother, Dual "Spud" Morris.
Pallbearers will be Bill Branum, Marchman Smith, James Branch, Wesley Morris, David Morris, and Barry Branum.
He was born in Lawrenceburg, TN on May 9, 1930. He was a resident of Pace, FL. He graduated from McCullough High School, Huntingdon College and Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He was a pastor and ordained elder in the Alabama West Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church serving churches full-time and part-time in retirement from 1949 until 2010.
Due to the current COVID-19 crisis the family requests that all visitors wear their masks both at the funeral and the graveside and practice social distancing.
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