Linda Morris

Linda Lee Morris, 79 of Norwood, died Thursday Morning, February 27, 2025 at her home surrounded by her family, under the care of Tillery Compassionate Care.

Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, March 2, 2025 at Norwood First Baptist Church. Rev. Todd McSwain will officiate and interment will follow in Norview Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church fellowship hall

Linda was born August 25, 1945 in Stanly County to the late Vernon and Virginia Burleson Lee. She was a 1963 graduate of South Stanly High School where she was a member of the ladies basketball team, a majorette, and a member of various clubs and organizations.  She earned her nursing degree in 1966 from Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. She was a Registered Nurse, spending her career serving patients in various hospitals in Mississippi and North Carolina and local nursing homes. In 2008, she retired from Stanly County Health Department specializing in Child Health.

Linda was a devout Christan and was always active in church by serving as youth leader, WMU member, Prayer Circle member, and singing in the choir.  Most recently she was a member of Norwood First Baptist Church.

In the 1990’s she and Wayne discovered a love for Antiquing.  The enjoyed traveling to Hillsville,Virginia, Auctions and estate sales and had multiple booths where they sold the treasures they found.

She and Wayne also enjoyed Shagging.  They had been members of multiple shag clubs, enjoyed taking lessons and won Second Place in their first and only competition. They enjoyed great times with friends at Winter, Spring, and MidWinter SOS.   They introduced their grandchildren to Shagging at JR SOS and two of them started taking lessons and entered multiple competitions.

Linda treasured time spent with her family.  Weather it was a trip to Georgia to visit Alan and his family, many beach trips, a golf cart ride around town with Wayne, spending the day at Cindy’s with her kids, or Friday spent with her sisters getting their hair done and having lunch or shopping with nieces and grandnieces there was always a smile on her face and joy in her laughter.

Linda will be remembered as a loving wife, mother and nana to her grandchildren and even her fur babies.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Wayne Morris of the home. One daughter Cynthia Morris Deere of Matthews and one son Alan Wayne Morris and wife Jennifer of Cumming, Georgia. Six grandchildren, Garrett Deere, Madeline Deere, Mallory Deere, Landon Morris, Lawson Morris and Addison Morris. Two sisters, Joann Bowers and husband Frank of Norwood and Irene Huneycutt and husband Butch of Badin. One brother, Buddy Lee and wife Susan of Norwood. She is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and great-nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Linda’s memory to Tillery Compassionate Care, 960 N. First St. Albemarle, NC  28001

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