JAMES "HOWARD" MORRIS

JAMES "HOWARD" MORRIS of Nocona, TX died December 25, 2014 at the age of 89. He was a funeral director and embalmer for 65 years, starting his career at Owens and Brumley Funeral Home in Bowie. He also worked for Hampton Vaughn in Wichita Falls before moving his family to Nocona in 1950. He then started working at the Scott-Morris Funeral Home, with has locations in Nocona and Saint Jo, as well as a hardware store. In 1971, he was offered a partnership and gained full ownership of the firm after W. L. Scott passed away in 1985. He retired in 2004.