OBITUARY - Hatcher Morris

Susie Hatcher Morris, 65, of Blountstown, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2012.

Susie was born in Gadsden, Alabama, but lived most of her life in Bristol. She was a graduate of Blountstown High School and earned a Bachelor’s degree from Florida State University. She was a substitute teacher for Calhoun, Gulf, and Liberty County schools and also worked for several years for the Liberty County Public Library. She was very active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bristol and especially enjoyed working in the Genealogy Department of the library.


She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Hatcher; a son, Alan Hatcher; and her father, Haywood Henderson, and her mother, Tressie Naomi Henderson Clark.

She is survived by her husband, Julian Morris, of Grand Ridge; four sons, Mark Hatcher of White City, Larry Hatcher, Jr. and his wife, Deborah, of Wewahitchka, Timothy Hatcher of Kampala, Uganda, and Steven Hatcher of Panama City; a daughter, Melissa Amaya and her husband, Mario, of Bristol; ten grandchildren; brothers, Bill Henderson and his wife, Margaret, of Jacksonville and Lentz Henderson of and his wife, Geri, of Beverly Hills, Florida; and a sister, Rebecca Henderson, of Bristol.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. EDT, Friday, April 20, from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Bishop Aaron Holloway officiating. Interment will follow in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Bristol. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. CDT, Thursday, April 19, at Adams Funeral Home in Blountstown.

Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). Online condolences may be made at adamsfh.com.