Amon Ray Morris Obituary (1935 - 2016)

Amon Ray Morris, 81 of Madisonville passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016 at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, KY. Mr. Morris was born February 18, 1935 in Hopkins Co., KY to the late Leotis Morris and Elsie Cranor Morris. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Marcella Potts Morris, two brothers, Charles Morris and JE Morris, two sisters, Gladys Clark and Wilda Anderson and infant triplets. Amon was a US Army veteran, a retired coal miner retiring from Island Creek Coal Company and he loved to hunt and fish. He is survived by two daughters, Sheri (Donald) Sisk and Teri (Steven) Michael both of Madisonville; one sister, Barbara (Glen) Dame of Hanson; one brother, Woody (Brenda) Morris of Madisonville; two grandchildren, Stacy Johnson of Madisonville and Mitchell Michael of Louisville, KY and three great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Bro. Ronnie Hendricks and Bro. Dustin lee officiating. Burial will follow in Grapevine Cemetery in Madisonville. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 PM Wednesday at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be Steven Michael, Donald Sisk, Connor Johnson, Glenn Dame, Mitchell Michael and Dustin Lee.