MARRIAGE OF MR. W.F. MORRIS JR.
AND
MISS MARY PARKS OF MAYSVILLE
Banks
County Journal, 1905
The
contracting parties came into town quietly Sunday morning and procured a license,
and immediately left town in search of a minister.
They
drove over to Gillsville where they were joined in the holy bonds of wedlock
by Rev. Chas. T. Brown.
Mrs.
Morris is the second daughter of Mr. Thom. F. Parks, was reared in the county
near Gillsville, but has resided in Maysville the past three years.
She is a young woman of many rare and lovable traits.
Mr.
Morris is known far and wide as the invincible, irresistable, irrepressible
and only Stig Morris, than whom a bigger hearted , more wholesome man never
lived. This is his native county and
he was reared in this town. He has been dealing in the livestock for years, and is known throughout
the south and west among the leading dealers. This business has proven very successful-________his
prominence as a businessman.
He
has scores of friends everywhere who extend congratulations.
William
Franklin Morris Jr. , son of William Franklin Morris (1832-1864) and Averilla
Waters (1842-1908), was born 17 Nov. 1861 and died 7 May, 1952 in Banks County
at age 90. He is buried in Sunrise
Cemetery, Maysville GA.
Mary
Parks Morris was born 25 Nov 1882 and died 27 January 1978 age 95.
She is buried in Sunrise Cemetery, Maysville GA.
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2003 by Jacqueline King
