WILLIAM MORRISON

MARBLE HILL -- William A. Morrison, 75, of Marble Hill died Saturday, Jan. 24, 1998, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born April 15, 1922, at Delta, son of William S. and Grace Gibbons Morrison.

Morrison served in the Navy from 1944 to 1946. He worked as an engineer on a tow boat for many years and as a lineman for Frisco Railroad for a number of years. He became the custodian for the First Baptist Church in Jackson in 1958 and remained there until his retirement in 1988.

He was a member of the County Line Baptist Church for the past 30 years and had been the Adult Sunday School teacher for the men's class.

Survivors include four sisters, Wilma Busciglio and Lorene Pincksten, both of Cape Girardeau, LaWanda Carrigan of Joliet, Ill., and Mabel Godwin of Jackson.

He was preceded in death by a brother.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Lloyd Engelmann officiating. Burial will be in the Kenyon Cemetery near Delta.