Mrs. Carrie Morris

Mrs. Carrie Lou (Phillips) Morris, age 89, of Vidalia, died on Monday, April 1 2024, at The Oaks Bethany in Vidalia.

Mrs. Morris was born and raised in the Gillis Springs area of Treutlen County on the Ohoopee River and attended Gillis Springs Elementary and Soperton High School. She then moved to Vidalia and graduated from Vidalia High School in 1953. She worked as a box maker for 32 years at Palmetto Box Company in Vidalia and then retired from Walmart of Vidalia after 25 years as a sales associate. She is preceded in death by her parents, Milton and Augusta Phillips; her husband, William Henry Morris, Sr.; and 4 sisters, Irene Thigpen, Athena Glen, Adell Mull, and Marvelene Upton.

Survivors include her son, William H. Morris, Jr., and wife Sandra of Ailey; 2 granddaughters, De Lisa Sapp and husband David of Cobbtown, and Kara Orleck and husband Paul of Woodstock; 2 greatgrandchildren, Jordan Walker and Destiny Willis and husband Daniel; and 1 great-great-grandchild, Walker Willis.

The funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Wilkes Funeral Home, with Brunson McCullough officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Crest Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, April 4, 2024, from 12:30 p.m. until just prior to the service.

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