Morrison, Ruth Williams

Ruth Williams Morrison Belk, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar 1994, 24.

Class of 1917

Birth: 8 Aug 1900, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death:
21 Mar 1994, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Parents:
Marcus McKee Morrison, Sr. (1853-1909)
Nancy Eugenia Williams Morrison (1873-1924)

Siblings:
Ruth W. Morrison (-1900)
Mark M. Morrison (-1905)
John H. Morrison (-1907)

Spouse: Bryson Blakeley Belk (1889-1981)

Burial:
Forest Lawn West Cemetery
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Source: www.findagrave.com, #208740236.

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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 22 Mar 1994, p. 24.

Mrs. Ruth Morrison Belk, 93, of 3420 Shamrock Dr. died March 21, 1994, at Wesley Nursing Center. Memorial service is 4 p.m. Wednesday at Harry and Bryant Funeral Home. Entombment will be private. Visitation will follow the service.

Mrs. Belk, who worked 30 years with Southern Railway, Piedmont and Northern-Durham Railways, attended Mont Amoena Seminary in Mount Pleasant, N.C., and the Woman’s College of North Carolina, now UNC-Greensboro. A former resident of Myrtle Beach, she was a former member of First Presbyterian Church, where she received an honorary life membership in the Women of the Church.

A former resident of The Methodist Home, she was a member of Myers Park United Methodist Church.

Survivors are her nephew, John Morrison Jr. of Asheville; niece, Mrs. Genie Frick of Lake Wylie, S.C.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Charlotte Observer, The (NC) – Tuesday, March 22, 1994