Linda Gay Smith Morris

Linda Gay was born in Jackson on August 3, 1939 to the late Dr. Jack Edward Smith and Edith Nimmo Smith.  She graduated from Jackson High School and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.  She also engaged in summer studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

She was a teacher at Beech Bluff and later worked for the State of Tennessee as a Juvenile Court Probation Officer guided by the instruction of Jay Gaffeney and Judge Walter Baker Harris.  She was an avid equestrian and an accomplished aerobics instructor.

The family wishes to acknowledge her caregivers, whose tenderness was greatly appreciated.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Judge Joe Craven Morris.

She is survived by her three sons, Jack Colin Morris, John Cleve Morris, and Joseph Andrew Morris, as well as by her granddaughter, Ayla Margrete Morris.

A private graveside service will be held on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at Ridgecrest Cemetery.  A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 309 East Baltimore Street, Jackson, Tennessee 38301.