Florence Mary Taylor Morrison

She was born August 1, 1929, in Syracuse, New York, and was the daughter of the late Harold Thompson and Myrtle Stanard Taylor. She balanced several jobs over the years in order to provide for her disabled husband and children, and she retired as a teller with the New York Off Track Betting Agency. She was a former member of State Street United Methodist Church and the Fulton Senior Citizens’ Club in New York.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death on February 12, 1999, by her husband, James Phillip Morrison; and by three sisters, Sharon Salls, Irene Goman, and Nancy Bartlett.

She is survived by a daughter, Vicki (Michael) Gaffney of Statesville; a son, James P. Morrison II of Marlboro, NY; five grandchildren, Timothy Morrison, Eric Morrison, Patrick (Kerri) Gaffney, Sean Gaffney (Jessica Cline), and Kary (Sara) Gaffney; seven great-grandchildren; a former daughter-in-law, Anne Morrison of Ulster Park, NY; a former granddaughter-in-law, Joy Price, of Naples, Florida; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Memorial service celebrating Florence’s life will be held at 5:00 PM Saturday, August 22, 2015, in the Westmoreland Chapel of Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home. The family will speak with friends immediately following the service.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.bunchjohnsonfuneralhome.com.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Gordon Hospice House 2341 Simonton Road, Statesville, NC 28625.

Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.