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Submitted: 10/14/18 • Approved: 10/20/18 • Last Updated: 10/23/18 • R1241558-G0-S3
US Navy
World War II
US Air Force
Korea
April 16, 1927 - March 26, 2018
*Obituary
Luginbuel Funeral Home
Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Billy "Bill" Wayne Morrison, age 90, a resident of Prairie Grove, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was born April 26, 1927 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, the son of William Edward and Della Mae (McKee) Morrison.
Bill was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Prairie Grove. He attended the University of Arkansas and was an avid fan of the Razorbacks. He was a veteran, serving in the US Navy during World War II and in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Prairie Grove American Legion and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lodge of Lake Elsinore, California. Bill was a member of the Prairie Grove Masonic Lodge # 436. He was a 32 degree Mason of the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry at Anaheim, California and a member of the Al Malikah Shrine of Los Angeles, California. He was also a member of the Prairie Grove Lions Club.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother Paul and three sisters Mary, Marie and Melva.
Survivors include one sister JoAnn Wilkins; a niece Donna Jean Brainerd and her husband, A.T.; five nephews Darrell Wayne Glenn, Robert G. Wilkins and his wife, Crystal, Paul R. Morrison and his wife, Melba, Roger E. Wilkins and Ronald Frank Wilkins; his adopted family Kurt and Pam Evans and their children Heather Roberts, Emily Ross and Elam Evans and grandchildren Parker Jr., Payton, Lawson and Lars.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 28, 2018 from 3:00-6:00 P.M. at Luginbuel Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Prairie Grove Cemetery, there will be no graveside service held.
Contributed on 10/14/18 by judyfrog
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