Rev. Robert H. Morrison, Jr, age 90, died Saturday, June 29, 2019 at his home surrounded by family.
A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00AM Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at Aberdeen First Baptist Church with Dr. Daryl Cornett and Rev. J. Billy Graham officiating. The family will receive friends from 10-11 AM at the church before the service. Burial services will follow at 3:00 PM at Montlawn Memorial Park in Raleigh.
Bob went to work with CP&L at the bottom of the ladder and worked his way to management as Division Superintendent of lines before he retired. He followed in his dad’s footsteps as his dad was also employed with CP&L and was Superintendent of lines before his death in 1946. After retirement he completed a course at Campbell University in religion and became the minister at Ephesus Baptist Church where he served for 20 years. He and his wife Pauline enjoyed many good relationships with the congregation there. He retired in 1983 and took a sabbatical before returning to the ministry as the interim pastor at Red Branch Baptist Church. His ministry there was for 5 years at which time he retired and went to serve at Aberdeen First Baptist Church where he began his ministry. After some time of rest, he served for three years at Harmony Baptist Church, retiring because of his wife’s Pauline’s illness. After her death in 2014, Bob went back to Harmony Baptist Church for two years before finally retiring completely from the ministry. In 2016 he married his second wife Helen, and enjoyed serving the Lord until his death.
He was preceded in death by his first wife Pauline Edna Morrison and his son David Robert Morrison.
He is survived by his wife, Helen R. Morrison, a son, Ernest Morrison and his wife Paulette of Atlanta, GA, stepchildren, Donna Davis Campbell and husband Kenny of Orrum, NC, Richard Scott Davis of Jackson Springs, NC, Paula Davis Miller of Jackson Springs, NC, grandchildren, Robert Graham Morrison, Kelly Elizabeth Morrison and Nichole Burrell, 5 great grandchildren, 4 step grandchildren, and 5 step great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O.
Box 3000, Boone, NC 28607 or to the Baptist Haiti Mission, P.O. Box 171500, Austin, TX 78717.
Online condolences may be made at www.bolesfuneralhome.com
Services have been entrusted to Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines.
