This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JN2.2ACIB/1503 Message Board Post: MORROW, JAMES EDWARD Ed was born in San Diego June 28, 1922. He died February 12, at Pt. Loma Convalescent Hospital from cancer of the throat. He attended Florence Elementary, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. High, and San Diego Sr. High schools. During his senior year at SDHS, he commanded the greater San Diego ROTC Brigade as Cadet Lt. Col. During WWII; he worked in the metal cutting department at Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company and attended night classes at San Diego State College. In 1946, Ed joined the Union Title and Trust Company, starting in the Meets and Bounds Department and rose to Vice-President. In the 1960s, Ed joined the Foodmaker Corporation (now Jack-In-The-Box Inc.) where he became Director of Property Acquisition and Lease Agreements. He is listed in the Strathmore ' s Who ' s Who of Businessmen and was a National Registered Arbitrator. He retired in 1996, and became a full time resident of Idyllwild, California. As a longtime member of the Kensington Community! Church, he served as financial officer. He was also active with his kids in the YMCA Intramural Swimming activities. At one time, he drove British sports cars and was a member of the Sports Car Club of America and the Four Cylinder Club of America. Ed is survived by his wife of sixty years, Marjorie Smith Morrow, now living at the Silvergate Suites in San Marcos; his son, James Richard Morrow of San Diego; his brothers-in-law, R. Warren Smith and wife Jean Gilfillan-Smith of Borrego Springs, Ca., and Douglas McArthur of San Diego, Ca.; nephews Bob Smith of Orange, Ca., Duncan McArthur of Denver, Co. and Bruce McArthur of San Diego, Ca.; and Goddaughter, Pamela Farnworth of San Diego, Ca., and Godson Craig Burgess of Seattle, Wash. Preceding Ed in death is his daughter, Joyce. As he requested, Ed ' s ashes will be scattered at sea in a private ceremony attended by immediate family and friends for fifty-five years, Mr. & Mrs. Floyd Burgess. A Memorial is scheduled for 4:30 p! .m., March 9, at the Kensington Community Church, 4773 Marlborough Dr. San Diego, Ca. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the San Diego Hospice. Published in the San Diego Union-Tribune on 3/5/2003. (volunteer submission)