Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
12:21 pm Monday, August 15, 2016

Jimmie Kenneth Morrow

Jimmie Kenneth Morrow, age 89, Russellville, passed away Aug. 13 at Terrace Manor Nursing Home.
Mr. Morrow proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during WWII, was a member of the American Legion and was a rural letter carrier and a farmer. He was a deacon at Rockwood Baptist Church. He was deeply committed to his family and his Lord. He will be missed by all who knew him, and one friend described him as a “Treasure of a Man.”
The visitation will be from noon to 2:30 p.m. August 15 at Spry Memorial Chapel, with the funeral following at 2:30 p.m. in the chapel. Officiating at the service will be Bro. Jerry Hester and Bro. Chris Green. The burial will be at Halltown Cemetery in Red Bay.

He was preceded in death by his parents, John William Morrow and Sarah Boyd Morrow, four sisters and four brothers.

He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 65 years, Hilma Malone Morrow; sons, Ken Morrow and wife Pam, Dr. Keith Morrow and Kevin Morrow and wife Marilyn; grandchildren, Jason and wife Becky Morrow, Joshua and wife Vicki Morrow, Ashley Morrow Colonna, Tyler and wife Brooke Morrow, Chris and wife Kayla Guy, Brooke and husband Cam Hogg and Jerry Dale and wife Whitney Edwards; great-grandchildren, Jacob Morrow, Caleb Morrow, Micah Morrow, Stone Morrow, Elijah Morrow, Caiden Guy and Connar Edwards; and a host of nieces and nephews.

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