This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Morris, Martin, Turbyfull, Blanton, Beuer, Scott Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/2732 Message Board Post: John Atchinson Morris was born August 20, 1914 in Roger Mills County, OK, to Lillian Martin and Emmett D. Morris. He departed this life on November 28, 2001 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 87 years and 3 months. He was raised on a farm with 3 brothers, James, L.D. and Bobby and two sisters, Ollis and Amy. He attended school in Cheyenne and later had some schooling in Yuma, AZ. He was married to Dorothy Matilda Turbyfull Morris at Sayre, OK on February 17, 1935 and to this union were born a son, Emmett, and a daughter, Anita, in the early years of marriage. "Atchie" farmed, drove a Cat and did construction work. The family ended up living a lot of places, but Cheyenne was always home to him. He worked for Paul Beavin at the Beavin Oil Company for some time. IN 1947, he started his own trucking company with one truck and a tariler he built himself. He later had 5 trucks hauling all over the U.S. In the dearly 60's when he could no longer make long trips himself, he built a welding shop and did welding for the public. John was a hard worker and no job was done until it was done right. He loved his family and enjoyed telling his grandkids and great grandkids stories about w! hen he was a boy, and they never grew tired of hearing them. He always wished he could be around the grandchildren more that lived far off, but he understood. He was a good husband and he had a good helper in his wife, Dorothy. She was also his bookkeeper and kept things going at home when he was at work, on the road driving. Atchie had given his heart to God and was baptized. He was a member of Cheyenne Church of Christ. He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 brothers, James, L.D. and Bobby, 1 grandson, Ronnie and a sister-in-law, Letress Morris. Those surviving to cherish his memorty are: his wife, Dorothy of Cheyenne, OK; his son and daughter-in-law, Emmett and Dammie Morris of Cheyenne, OK; his daughter and son-in-law, Anita and Ed Blanton of Albuquerque, NM; 5 grandsons and their wives, Lee and Rita Morris, Bob and Teresa Morris, Wade and Lacinda Morris, and Bruce and Kathie Blanton; 7 great grandchildren, Jennifer, Dorothy Mae, Andrew, Robin, Ryan, Fawn, Auston, and Ashley; two sisters, Amy Beuer and Ollis Scott; two sisters-in-law, Lois Morris and Leola Morris; and a host of nieces and nephews and friends. Interment in Cheyenne Cemetery, Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma.