Beasley Houston Morris, 70, husband of Mary Ann Anderson Morris, died Saturday, May 31, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.
Born April 24, 1944, in Kingstree, he was a son of the late Beasley Garmon Morris and Violet Ophelia Roberson Morris. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a member of Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors besides his wife of Sumter include two daughters, Lisa Lee and husband, John, of Irmo, and Amanda Kalbach and husband, Paul, of Summerville; a brother, Claude Morris and wife, Velma, of Florence; two sisters, Cecile Haley and husband, Charles, of Elloree, and Ronda Farmer of Alcolu; three grandchildren, Morris and Rachel Kalbach and Houston Elizabeth Lee; and a number of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Sandra Richards.
A funeral service for Beasley Houston Morris will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry Fraser officiating. Burial will follow in Clarendon Memorial Gardens. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Stephens Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church, 2350 Bethel Church Road, Sumter, SC 29154; or to the American Lung Association of SC, 1817 Gadsden St., Columbia, SC 29201-2392.
Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179.
