Sydna Belle Morris

Funeral services for Sydna Belle Morris, age 69, of Florence will be at 11a.m, Wednesday, August 18th, at Crawford and Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen. The burial will be at 1p.m. at the Central Texas Veteran’s Cemetery in Killeen.

Mrs. Morris died August 9th while hospitalized in Temple, with her devoted husband, Al beside her.

She was born October 19, 1951, in Knox City, Texas to G.H. Hudson and Nell Hudson.

She was raised on a ranch in Pilot Point, Texas. It was there that she developed a great love for horses. Belle was the youngest child in her family. Her brothers, Johnny and Danny have memories of Belle being a tattletale on them to their parents.

When she was a teenager, she went to live with her older brother, Johnny. She attended Pilot Point High School. Her brother, Johnny was her coach in high school and encouraged her to play basketball. Belle also played the drums for the band in high school.

Her father noticed that Belle was an expert at riding horses. He helped her to excel in barrel racing. She won several trophies in rodeo barrel racing on her horse, Hank.

After high school, Belle studied at Ranger Junior College in Ranger, Texas.

Belle eventually moved to Killeen and worked at K-Mart for a short time. She soon got a job with the local phone company, Centel and then Sprint. While working at the phone company she was introduced to the love of her life, her future husband Alex “Al” Henry Morris. They were married on February 9,1996 and celebrated 25 years of marriage this past February. They built their dream home on ten acres in Florence surrounded with horses, goats, and several pets.

Belle loved being a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved all animals, especially her pet dog, Coco.

After her husband retired, they both drove all over Texas for local car dealerships.

Belle never made an unkind comment about anyone. She was friendly, kind and caring to everybody she met. She was a lovely and beautiful person inside and out.

There are some people who bring a light so great in this world that even after they are gone their light remains, this was Belle. She was a Christian so we will meet her again at our heavenly home.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include her husband Al Morris, her daughter, Tosha, her brothers, Johnny and Danny Hudson, her stepson Jeff Donohue, her stepdaughter, Angie Morris Dickerson, her three granddaughters, Laryah Morse, Kinde Lynn Jackson, Sydney Alexis Enger, one great-grandson, three great-granddaughters and numerous nephews and nieces.

A visitation will be Tuesday, August 17th, from 6p.m. to 8p.m. at Crawford and Bowers Funeral Home in Killeen.