ROBERT G. MORRIS (BOB), 83 OF SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 2, 2021 AT HIS HOME FOLLOWING A LONG ILLNESS. BOB WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 27, 1937 IN MONTICELLO, KENTUCKY TO THE LATE ELLIS AND EVALEE MORRIS. BOB GREW UP IN MONTICELLO ENLISTING INTO THE MARINES OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY FOR 4 YEARS AND THEN BECAME A KENTUCY STATE TROOPER, SERVING FOR 6 YEARS AND RISING TO THE RANK OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT. FOLLOWING HIS TIME WITH THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE BOB WORKED THE REMAINDER OF HIS CAREER IN VARIOUS DIFFERENT TRADES INCLUDING LOGGING, COAL MINING, ROAD AND RAIL ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

IN 1971, BOB MET AND MARRIED HIS LOVING WIFE, THE LATE SUSAN R. MORRIS. THROUGH THIS UNION TWO CHILDREN WERE BORN. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER SHAWNNA YATES (BRIAN) AND SON CHARLES R. MORRIS (STACEY), THREE GRANDCHILDREN EMILY YATES, BRADEN YATES, AND BYRON YATES, ONE BROTHER DON MORRIS (DODY) OF NORTH VERNON INDIANA, AND HOSTS OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, SUSAN, HIS PARENTS, ELLIS AND EVALEE MORRIS, TWO BROTHERS CURTIS KAY MORRIS AND JIM MORRIS. THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE FAMILY SERVICE ONLY WITH BURIAL AT THE ELK SPRING CEMETERY, MONTICELLO, KENTUCKY.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY ASKS DONATIONS TO BE GIVEN TO COOSA VALLEY HOSPICE, 315 WEST HICKORY ST., SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA, 35150.