Obituary

Charles Baxter “Chick” Morris, Jr., 82, of Huntington, beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away Friday, November 7, 2008 in the Huntington VA Medical Center.  He was born September 27, 1926 in Logan, WV to the late Charles Baxter Morris, Sr. and Mabel McDonald Morris.  He was preceded in death by his brothers-in-law, Carson Browning and Paul Caraway.  Chick was a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, Huntington.  He attended the Greenbrier Military Academy in Lewisburg, WV and Marshall University.  He was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII and was a member of the Greenbrier Alumni Association and Kappa Alpha Fraternity and a Fifty Plus member of the Fraternal Order of the Elks.  He was a business associate of the W.W. McDonald Land Company in Logan, WV, of which he was very proud.  He is survived by his wife, Ruth Caraway Morris and would have been married 55 years on November 14, 2008.  He is also survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Charles Baxter III and Rebecca Morris and McDonald “Mac” Caraway and Katrina Morris; three grandchildren, Charles Matthew Morris, Caleigh Grace Morris and Marian Leigh Woolfolk; one sister, Lou Ann Morris Browning; brother-in-law, Wray Caraway and his wife, Virginia; sister-in-law, Betty Caraway; and many special nieces and nephews, and special friends the Thomas Rone family.  Services will be private.  Beard Mortuary, Huntington is in charge of arrangements.