Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:51 pm Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Helen Morris Fears

Helen Morris Fears

August 17, 2012

Helen Morris Fears, 84, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Southern Magnolia Estates in Golden, Miss.

She was born July 8, 1928, in Madison County. She was a minister’s wife who served along with her husband, Rev. William E. Fears in Red Bay, Lexington, Attalla, Piedmont, Roanoke and retired in Hokes Bluff.

Graveside services were Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at Cameron United Methodist Church Cemetery in Gurley with Rev. Billy L. York officiating.

Survivors are three children, Teresa Fears of Red Bay, Donald Fears and wife, Anne, of Decatur, Ga., and Neil Fears and wife, Deborah Bailey, of New Orleans, La.; two grandchildren, Joseph Fears and fiancé, Catie Sonnier, and Chase Fears; one brother, Aubrey Morris of Kernersville, N.C.; sister-in-law, Mary Morris of Huntsville; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, Thomas and Iris Johnson Morris; one brother, Thomas Morris Jr. and one sister Janie Blackburn.

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