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CAMERON COFMAN MORRISON
Born: July 25, 1901, Saline County, Missouri. Moved with parents to Lafayette County, Missouri, 1902.
Died: January 10, 1986, Buried in Odessa Cemetery.
See Obituary bellow.
Father: Eugene Poage Morrison
Married Mildred Gertrude Davis, October 1, 1922.
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MILDRED GERTRUDE DAVIS MORRISON
Born: June 8, 1904 in Odessa, MO
Died: February 17, 1979, KU Medical Center, Buried: in the Odessa Cemetery. See Obituary bellow.
Father: Benjamin Franklin Davis
Married: Cameron Morrison October 1, 1922, First Christian Church, Odessa.
Mildred graduated from Odessa High School in 1922.
Mildred was a loyal member of the First Christian Church, Odessa and taught the adult women's Sunday school class for many years.
Morrison Family Pictures from the 1950s and 60s.
Cam and Mildred have two sons and three daughters:
Carmen Gertrude Morrison Crews (b. July 25, 1925 d. May 9, 2019. Buried at Odessa, MO Cemetery)
Franklin Eugene Morrison, (b. September 15, 1926, d. January 27, 2016 Buried at Arlington National Cemetery on September 20, 2016)
Sarah Lee Morrison Crabtree (b. December 6, 1933, d. May 11, 2000 Buried in the Odessa Cemetery Odessa, Missouri),
Mariena Morrison (Bumgarner) Webb,
Ronald David Morrison.
Books such as, The Deerslayer (1915) by James Fenimore Cooper, Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet (1910), and The American Scholar Self-Reliance Compensation (1911) by Ralph Waldo Emerson contains Cameron's signature. A Short History of England is signed both by Cameron Morrison and Mildred Davis. In DeQuincey's Essays (1920) that was signed by Cameron, was an Odessa High School hall pass dated April 6, 1921. It reads, "Please permit Cameron Morrison to enter class" and initialed by H.G. Mc., Principal. Penciled in between please and permit was the word "don"t." In the book American Literature (1891) and signed by Cameron (junior class), was these words hand written, "The high cost of loving is driving me mad. The high cost of caring its driving me sad. The high cost of loving oh, its only a joke. The high cost of caring it makes me keep broke." These are all believed to be books used in high school. All books were part of Sarah Lee Crabtree's collection.
I Remember Grandpa,
By Carl Crabtree (Grandson) Circa 1972 Age 12.
A family get together just would not be one if it weren't for my grandpa. He likes to be onery [sic]. He likes to eat, fish, and sleeps. He is pretty smart and likes sports. Last Christmas he and Bob Brown, one of his fishing friends were going to teach Arthur, my brother to be a defensive tackle. They wanted him to charge at them, but he didn't trust them thinking they had some trick up there [sic] sleeve, this was in my grandma and grandpa's little living room. Finally he charged taking Bob Brown by surprise, Bob took a couple of steps backwards, triped [sic] over a present, fell on the coffee table and broke it down. Poltects [sic] is another thing not to discuss around granddad. If someone says something about a Republican not doing his job he will raise his voice yell above everyone else, and then say he doesn't get mad. He also likes to talk about farming. He knows all the old tales and enjoys talking about them.
Morrison and Davis
Two of Odessa's finest young people were united in marriage in the mid-afternoon of Sunday at the home of Rev. W.F. Wagoner, he pronouncing the beautiful ceremony; Cameron Coffman Morrison and Mildred Gertrude Davis.
The little bride is the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis of near Odessa, a graduate of O.H.S. in the class of 1922, and a very attractive, wholesome, charming girl, who
has made a wide circle of friends and deserves the blessings we are wishing for her.
The young man is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morrison, living near Odessa, a young farmer who graduated from O.H.S. in the class of 1921 and is a fine popular young citizen. They were attended Sunday afternoon by Noble Davis and Miss Cameron of Slater and left immediately for parts unknown, to return shortly after to make their home in their old community. We wish them every happiness. (News Paper Clipping, October 1922)
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