Mrs. Frances Kay Morris, age 92, of Manchester, TN passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at Life Care Center in Tullahoma, TN.
Local visitation will be held Sunday, October 7, 2012 from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at Coffee County Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Morris will then be transported to Sullivan King Funeral Home, 3205 N. Hwy 81, Anderson, South Carolina 29621. Visitation will be held Tuesday, October 9, 2012 from 1:00-3:00 PM EST at Sullivan King Funeral Home with funeral services to follow at 3:00 PM EST with Dr. James Thomason officiating.
Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson, SC.
She was born January 27, 1920 in Anderson, South Carolina, the daughter of the late Thomas Crayton Kay and Lela Gertrude Whitworth Kay. In earlier years, Mrs. Morris was employed as a bookkeeper for Gates & Chapman for 15 years and then with Piedmont Candy & Cigars for 13 years. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Anderson. In 2009, Mrs. Morris moved to Manchester to be closer to her daughter, son-in-law and family.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Richard Morris.
Survivors include her daughter, Lynn M. Moreland and husband, Robert of Manchester, TN; two grandchildren, Kary Choate and Mary Lee Moreland; one great-grandchild, Kalyn Choate; a sister, Eloise Harrison of Anderson, SC; and a brother, Thomas O. Kay of Pawleys Island, SC.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Connie Maxwell Children’s Home, P.O. Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29648 or www.conniemaxwell.com
Coffee County Funeral Chapel is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Frances Kay Morris.