Thomas Lee “Goose” Morris, 80, of Bruce , January 14, 2020 at Oxford Health and Rehab. Born October 4, 1939 in Cumberland, he was a son of Thomas Eldridge and Mildred Lavon Shepard Morris.
He was a graduate of Derma High School, and a celebrated basketball player for the high school basketball team. June 18, 1960 marked the day his life changed forever, when he married his heart throb, Mary Newman. The couple spent a timeless 59 years together.
Throughout his life he held many different career hats. He proudly served his country 23 years in the National Guard and the cities of Bruce and Calhoun City as a police officer. He was a faithful employee of Memphis Hardwood, where he retired as a truck driver. However, he kept the roads and the gears shifting after he retired from Memphis Hardwood. When he wasn’t over the road, he loved the solitude he found fishing. God blessed him with the ability to sing and he often shared his talent at Parker Baptist Church.
He is survived by loving wife Mary Newman Morris; sons, Bro. Paul W. (Melissa) Morris, Bruce, and Marvin L. (Sandra) Morris, Pittsboro; brother, Dale Morris, Calhoun City; sister, Joyce Hughes, Coffeeville; grandchildren, Adam Tyler, McKenzie Taylors, and Hannah Grace Morris.
He was preceded in death by his parents and son Terry Lane Morris.
The family will receive friends Friday, Jan. 17 from noon until 2 p.m. at Parker Memorial Funeral Home of Bruce. A funeral service remembering his life will take place at 2 in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Benny Hill and Bro. Joey Hamilton officiating. Earl Adams, Kenny Adams, Sammy Brown, Damon Bumgart, Robert Baker, Tony Owens will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be former employees of Memphis Hardwood, Smokey Barefield, Billy Frank Cantrell, Scott Collins, Lawrence King and Phillip Pettit.
Online condolences may be made at parkermemorialfuneralhomes.com