An Eagle Scout, Will graduated in May from Appalachian State University in Boone. He worked for Charlotte’s Barringer Construction Co. as an assistant project engineer.
Will embraced life with confidence and determination. He had a seemingly boundless curiosity and appetite for adventure.
As a kid, he took apart an old adding machine just to see how it worked. Through Scouts, he learned carpentry, building furniture and turning wooden bowls. Later, volunteering at Charlotte’s Re-Cyclery, he learned how to build bikes and soon started his own repair business. He was always a builder.
A graduate of Outward Bound, Will loved the outdoors from Caswell Beach to the mountains around Boone where he biked and skied. To everything, he brought an explorer’s sense of discovery. A summer construction internship in Los Angeles was a chance to discover the West. So was this past summer when he worked at a ranch in Wyoming, where he learned to fly fish and brand calves.
Will was a leader. He was senior patrol leader for Scout Troop 55. At App, he was president of Theta Chi fraternity and of the Student Builders Association. His potential was unlimited.
Will always kept his family and friends close. He made them laugh, brought them together and made them happy. They all miss him dearly.
Will is survived by his parents, Kathy Haight and Jim Morrill, and his brother Max, all of Charlotte; his grandparents, Joan and Bill Inscoe of Newton.
Other survivors include aunt and uncles: Jeanne and Ralph Alexander, Barbara Haight and Shane Jones, Lynette Inscoe and RaeAnn Hennes, Rob Inscoe, and Nancy and Paul Cucci; and cousins: Ryan Cucci, Kathleen Cucci, Laura Gerlock and Gioele Giomarelli, Kate Alexander, Callie Inscoe, Joseph Inscoe, Tyler Inscoe and Preston Inscoe.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 4th, at Harry and Bryant, 500 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC 28207.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 5th, at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, 234 N. Sharon Amity Rd., Charlotte, NC 28211. A reception will follow at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, 1609 E. 5th St., Charlotte, NC 28204.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Trips for Kids Re-Cyclery, 1132 N Caldwell St., Charlotte, NC 28206, or to Outreach Programs, the Mecklenburg County Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1410 East 7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204.
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