Son of Robert Morris and Mabel (Lester) Morris Stevens.
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The remains of Staff Sergeant William L. Morris will arrive Thursday noon at the Somerset Undertaking Company funeral home, for military burial. Sergeant Morris was born February 3, 1920, and was 22 years old at the time of his death.
He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester, Science Hill.
A ball turret gunner, he was killed in action in a raid over France December 5, 1943. He was twice cited for bravery, being awarded the Air Medal October 10, 1943, and on October 19, 1943, he was presented with the Oak Leaf Cluster. Before entering the service he was employed as a clerk by the Great Lakes Steel Mills, Detroit, Michigan. In February, 1941, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Roeder, who survives him. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit.
Military services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Pulaski Post No. 38, American Legion.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, April 28, 1948.
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We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for the sympathy shown us at the funeral of our husband and son, Staff Sergeant William Lewis Morris and to the many friends that attended. We especially want to thank the Rev. J. Harrell Harper and Homer Neikirk for their consoling words. We also want to thank everyone who assisted in the hours of our sorrow. Mrs. William Lewis Morris, Mrs. Mable Morris.
Card of Thanks, printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, May 5, 1948.
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Sgt. William Lewis Morris, 23, husband of Mrs. Dorothy J. Morris of Lincoln Park, Ill, was graduated recently from the armament school at Lowry Field, Colo., where he is stationed with the Army air technical training command. He entered the army last June and prior to that time he was employed as a clerk at the Great Lakes steel mills, Chicago. His mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester of Science Hill, lives in Detroit.
From In the Air, On the Land, On the Sea, With our Pulaski County Boys to Victory! printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, June 2, 1943.
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In loving memory of our dearly beloved son and husband, S/Sgt. William L. Morris of the AAF, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
We seem to see in the soft dim light,
A face we loved the best,
And think of him when the sun's last ray,
Goes down in the far-off West
We miss him no less as the time passes on
Than we did the day of his going;
For absence can never close the door of our hearts,
And the lamp of our love is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world, His love is the best to recall,
For no one on earth can take his place,
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 5, 1945.
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In memory of my beloved son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, of the A.A.F. who was killed in action Dec. 5, 1943.
Three sad years have passed, Dear William,
Since you met out there the foe,
And the tears, the pains and the heartaches I have suffered,
No one on this earth will ever know.
It seems such a short time Dear William,
Since you were a little boy at home
Now by soldier boy lies sleeping somewhere across the foam
I miss you no less as time passes on,
Than I did the day of your going,
For absence can never close the door of my heart,
And the lamp of my love is still glowing
You are not forgotten William
Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last,
I will remember thee
Your heart was the truest in all the world
Your love the best to recall
For no one on earth can take your place;
You are still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 4, 1946.
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In loving memory of my dearly beloved son, Staff Sergeant William L. Morris, of the A A F. who was killed in France December 5, 1943.
On a distant field of battle
Fell a soldier brave and true,
Far from home and loving faces
And the boyhood scenes he knew
Ne'er again shall sound of bugle
In its rousing reville
Wake up my youthful war-worn sleeper
In the morning's early gray
In a lonely vine clad cottage
Where the summer rose would blow,
I waited for you darling son
Through the days that would come and go.
But our home became more lonely
Nestled in the wooded glen,
As I waited for your footsteps
That would never come again
In the land of joy supernal
In the land beyond the blue,
Where the faithful dwell forever
And sweetest dreams come true
Where the bugles play more softly
Where has ceased the strife of men, May we meet darling Bill
Never to be parted again.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mable Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 3, 1947.
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In loving memory of my son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
I seem to see in the soft dim light
A face I loved the best
And think of him when the sun's last rays
Goes down in the far off West
I miss him no less, as the time passes on
Than I did on the day of his going
For absence can never close the door of my heart.
And the lamp of my life is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world
His love the best to recall.
For no one on this earth can take his place
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 6, 1950.
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The remains of Staff Sergeant William L. Morris will arrive Thursday noon at the Somerset Undertaking Company funeral home, for military burial. Sergeant Morris was born February 3, 1920, and was 22 years old at the time of his death.
He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester, Science Hill.
A ball turret gunner, he was killed in action in a raid over France December 5, 1943. He was twice cited for bravery, being awarded the Air Medal October 10, 1943, and on October 19, 1943, he was presented with the Oak Leaf Cluster. Before entering the service he was employed as a clerk by the Great Lakes Steel Mills, Detroit, Michigan. In February, 1941, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Roeder, who survives him. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit.
Military services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Pulaski Post No. 38, American Legion.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, April 28, 1948.
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We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for the sympathy shown us at the funeral of our husband and son, Staff Sergeant William Lewis Morris and to the many friends that attended. We especially want to thank the Rev. J. Harrell Harper and Homer Neikirk for their consoling words. We also want to thank everyone who assisted in the hours of our sorrow. Mrs. William Lewis Morris, Mrs. Mable Morris.
Card of Thanks, printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, May 5, 1948.
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Sgt. William Lewis Morris, 23, husband of Mrs. Dorothy J. Morris of Lincoln Park, Ill, was graduated recently from the armament school at Lowry Field, Colo., where he is stationed with the Army air technical training command. He entered the army last June and prior to that time he was employed as a clerk at the Great Lakes steel mills, Chicago. His mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester of Science Hill, lives in Detroit.
From In the Air, On the Land, On the Sea, With our Pulaski County Boys to Victory! printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, June 2, 1943.
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In loving memory of our dearly beloved son and husband, S/Sgt. William L. Morris of the AAF, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
We seem to see in the soft dim light,
A face we loved the best,
And think of him when the sun's last ray,
Goes down in the far-off West
We miss him no less as the time passes on
Than we did the day of his going;
For absence can never close the door of our hearts,
And the lamp of our love is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world, His love is the best to recall,
For no one on earth can take his place,
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 5, 1945.
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In memory of my beloved son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, of the A.A.F. who was killed in action Dec. 5, 1943.
Three sad years have passed, Dear William,
Since you met out there the foe,
And the tears, the pains and the heartaches I have suffered,
No one on this earth will ever know.
It seems such a short time Dear William,
Since you were a little boy at home
Now by soldier boy lies sleeping somewhere across the foam
I miss you no less as time passes on,
Than I did the day of your going,
For absence can never close the door of my heart,
And the lamp of my love is still glowing
You are not forgotten William
Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last,
I will remember thee
Your heart was the truest in all the world
Your love the best to recall
For no one on earth can take your place;
You are still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 4, 1946.
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In loving memory of my dearly beloved son, Staff Sergeant William L. Morris, of the A A F. who was killed in France December 5, 1943.
On a distant field of battle
Fell a soldier brave and true,
Far from home and loving faces
And the boyhood scenes he knew
Ne'er again shall sound of bugle
In its rousing reville
Wake up my youthful war-worn sleeper
In the morning's early gray
In a lonely vine clad cottage
Where the summer rose would blow,
I waited for you darling son
Through the days that would come and go.
But our home became more lonely
Nestled in the wooded glen,
As I waited for your footsteps
That would never come again
In the land of joy supernal
In the land beyond the blue,
Where the faithful dwell forever
And sweetest dreams come true
Where the bugles play more softly
Where has ceased the strife of men, May we meet darling Bill
Never to be parted again.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mable Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 3, 1947.
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In loving memory of my son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
I seem to see in the soft dim light
A face I loved the best
And think of him when the sun's last rays
Goes down in the far off West
I miss him no less, as the time passes on
Than I did on the day of his going
For absence can never close the door of my heart.
And the lamp of my life is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world
His love the best to recall.
For no one on this earth can take his place
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 6, 1950.
Son of Robert Morris and Mabel (Lester) Morris Stevens.
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The remains of Staff Sergeant William L. Morris will arrive Thursday noon at the Somerset Undertaking Company funeral home, for military burial. Sergeant Morris was born February 3, 1920, and was 22 years old at the time of his death.
He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester, Science Hill.
A ball turret gunner, he was killed in action in a raid over France December 5, 1943. He was twice cited for bravery, being awarded the Air Medal October 10, 1943, and on October 19, 1943, he was presented with the Oak Leaf Cluster. Before entering the service he was employed as a clerk by the Great Lakes Steel Mills, Detroit, Michigan. In February, 1941, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Roeder, who survives him. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit.
Military services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Pulaski Post No. 38, American Legion.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, April 28, 1948.
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We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for the sympathy shown us at the funeral of our husband and son, Staff Sergeant William Lewis Morris and to the many friends that attended. We especially want to thank the Rev. J. Harrell Harper and Homer Neikirk for their consoling words. We also want to thank everyone who assisted in the hours of our sorrow. Mrs. William Lewis Morris, Mrs. Mable Morris.
Card of Thanks, printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, May 5, 1948.
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Sgt. William Lewis Morris, 23, husband of Mrs. Dorothy J. Morris of Lincoln Park, Ill, was graduated recently from the armament school at Lowry Field, Colo., where he is stationed with the Army air technical training command. He entered the army last June and prior to that time he was employed as a clerk at the Great Lakes steel mills, Chicago. His mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester of Science Hill, lives in Detroit.
From In the Air, On the Land, On the Sea, With our Pulaski County Boys to Victory! printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, June 2, 1943.
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In loving memory of our dearly beloved son and husband, S/Sgt. William L. Morris of the AAF, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
We seem to see in the soft dim light,
A face we loved the best,
And think of him when the sun's last ray,
Goes down in the far-off West
We miss him no less as the time passes on
Than we did the day of his going;
For absence can never close the door of our hearts,
And the lamp of our love is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world, His love is the best to recall,
For no one on earth can take his place,
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 5, 1945.
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In memory of my beloved son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, of the A.A.F. who was killed in action Dec. 5, 1943.
Three sad years have passed, Dear William,
Since you met out there the foe,
And the tears, the pains and the heartaches I have suffered,
No one on this earth will ever know.
It seems such a short time Dear William,
Since you were a little boy at home
Now by soldier boy lies sleeping somewhere across the foam
I miss you no less as time passes on,
Than I did the day of your going,
For absence can never close the door of my heart,
And the lamp of my love is still glowing
You are not forgotten William
Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last,
I will remember thee
Your heart was the truest in all the world
Your love the best to recall
For no one on earth can take your place;
You are still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 4, 1946.
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In loving memory of my dearly beloved son, Staff Sergeant William L. Morris, of the A A F. who was killed in France December 5, 1943.
On a distant field of battle
Fell a soldier brave and true,
Far from home and loving faces
And the boyhood scenes he knew
Ne'er again shall sound of bugle
In its rousing reville
Wake up my youthful war-worn sleeper
In the morning's early gray
In a lonely vine clad cottage
Where the summer rose would blow,
I waited for you darling son
Through the days that would come and go.
But our home became more lonely
Nestled in the wooded glen,
As I waited for your footsteps
That would never come again
In the land of joy supernal
In the land beyond the blue,
Where the faithful dwell forever
And sweetest dreams come true
Where the bugles play more softly
Where has ceased the strife of men, May we meet darling Bill
Never to be parted again.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mable Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 3, 1947.
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In loving memory of my son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
I seem to see in the soft dim light
A face I loved the best
And think of him when the sun's last rays
Goes down in the far off West
I miss him no less, as the time passes on
Than I did on the day of his going
For absence can never close the door of my heart.
And the lamp of my life is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world
His love the best to recall.
For no one on this earth can take his place
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 6, 1950.
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The remains of Staff Sergeant William L. Morris will arrive Thursday noon at the Somerset Undertaking Company funeral home, for military burial. Sergeant Morris was born February 3, 1920, and was 22 years old at the time of his death.
He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester, Science Hill.
A ball turret gunner, he was killed in action in a raid over France December 5, 1943. He was twice cited for bravery, being awarded the Air Medal October 10, 1943, and on October 19, 1943, he was presented with the Oak Leaf Cluster. Before entering the service he was employed as a clerk by the Great Lakes Steel Mills, Detroit, Michigan. In February, 1941, he was united in marriage to Dorothy Roeder, who survives him. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit.
Military services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Mill Springs National Cemetery, Nancy, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Pulaski Post No. 38, American Legion.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, April 28, 1948.
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We wish to express our thanks and appreciation for the sympathy shown us at the funeral of our husband and son, Staff Sergeant William Lewis Morris and to the many friends that attended. We especially want to thank the Rev. J. Harrell Harper and Homer Neikirk for their consoling words. We also want to thank everyone who assisted in the hours of our sorrow. Mrs. William Lewis Morris, Mrs. Mable Morris.
Card of Thanks, printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, May 5, 1948.
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Sgt. William Lewis Morris, 23, husband of Mrs. Dorothy J. Morris of Lincoln Park, Ill, was graduated recently from the armament school at Lowry Field, Colo., where he is stationed with the Army air technical training command. He entered the army last June and prior to that time he was employed as a clerk at the Great Lakes steel mills, Chicago. His mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lester of Science Hill, lives in Detroit.
From In the Air, On the Land, On the Sea, With our Pulaski County Boys to Victory! printed in The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, June 2, 1943.
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In loving memory of our dearly beloved son and husband, S/Sgt. William L. Morris of the AAF, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
We seem to see in the soft dim light,
A face we loved the best,
And think of him when the sun's last ray,
Goes down in the far-off West
We miss him no less as the time passes on
Than we did the day of his going;
For absence can never close the door of our hearts,
And the lamp of our love is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world, His love is the best to recall,
For no one on earth can take his place,
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 5, 1945.
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In memory of my beloved son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, of the A.A.F. who was killed in action Dec. 5, 1943.
Three sad years have passed, Dear William,
Since you met out there the foe,
And the tears, the pains and the heartaches I have suffered,
No one on this earth will ever know.
It seems such a short time Dear William,
Since you were a little boy at home
Now by soldier boy lies sleeping somewhere across the foam
I miss you no less as time passes on,
Than I did the day of your going,
For absence can never close the door of my heart,
And the lamp of my love is still glowing
You are not forgotten William
Nor will you ever be,
As long as life and memory last,
I will remember thee
Your heart was the truest in all the world
Your love the best to recall
For no one on earth can take your place;
You are still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris, Detroit Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 4, 1946.
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In loving memory of my dearly beloved son, Staff Sergeant William L. Morris, of the A A F. who was killed in France December 5, 1943.
On a distant field of battle
Fell a soldier brave and true,
Far from home and loving faces
And the boyhood scenes he knew
Ne'er again shall sound of bugle
In its rousing reville
Wake up my youthful war-worn sleeper
In the morning's early gray
In a lonely vine clad cottage
Where the summer rose would blow,
I waited for you darling son
Through the days that would come and go.
But our home became more lonely
Nestled in the wooded glen,
As I waited for your footsteps
That would never come again
In the land of joy supernal
In the land beyond the blue,
Where the faithful dwell forever
And sweetest dreams come true
Where the bugles play more softly
Where has ceased the strife of men, May we meet darling Bill
Never to be parted again.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mable Morris, Detroit, Michigan.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 3, 1947.
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In loving memory of my son, S.Sgt. William L. Morris, who was killed in action December 5, 1943.
I seem to see in the soft dim light
A face I loved the best
And think of him when the sun's last rays
Goes down in the far off West
I miss him no less, as the time passes on
Than I did on the day of his going
For absence can never close the door of my heart.
And the lamp of my life is still glowing
His heart was the truest in all the world
His love the best to recall.
For no one on this earth can take his place
He is still the dearest of all.
Sadly missed by his mother, Mrs. Mabel Morris.
From The Commonwealth, Somerset, Kentucky - Wednesday, December 6, 1950.
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