James Morris Family Bible
Holy Bible containing both the old and new Testaments, King James Version,
Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee, 1978.

Certificate of Marriage

Certificate of Marriage, this Certifies That Veletia G. Mairel and James H.
Morris were united in Holy Matrimony on the 4th day of June, 1953 in the year
of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and 53 at home, 1215 Washington St., Little
Rock, Ark. by Bro. Jones, Witness: Juanita Webb Witness: Robert morris

Husband's Genealogy
James Hugh Morris, Birth: Little Rock, AR Baptism:Antioch Baptist  by Ben M.
Bogard 1938 Church Membership: Antioch Baptist Military Service: Navy Jan
1943-Jan 1946 , N.G. Army 1947-1975 Rank: S7C-7 Father: Hugh Morris
Mother: Lillian B. Jones Morris Paternal Grandfather: George Washington
Morris Maternal Grandfather: Robert E. Lee Jones.

Wife's Genealogy
Veletia Genice Mairel Morris Born: Opolo, Ark. 8-29-1925 Baptism: Unity
Baptist by Paul Goodwin Church Membership: Unity Baptist Father: Edgar
Mairel Mother Bessie Ana Laura Forrester, May 30, 1900 at Boston Mts.
Maternal Grandfather: Mark M. Forrester, b. 11-26-1866, d. 5-3-1903 Maternal
Grandmother: Leatha Modonna Passmore b. 11-17-1866 d. 12-30-1957.

Obituary Inserted in the Bible

Arkansas Gazette Sunday Jan. 15, 1978, page 16A

Atkins
Edgar Mairel, aged 81, of Atkins died January 8.  He was a disabled veteran of
World War I and a retired farmer.  Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Anna Sorrells
Mairel; a daughter, Mrs. Veletia Genice Morris of Little Rock; three stepsons,
William L. and Billy Harold Sorrells and Willard Spurgeon, all of Atkins; two
step-daughters, Mrs. Vivian Godwin and Mrs. Mildred Marshall, both of Atkins,
a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.  Funeral was Wednesday by Lemley
Funeral Service here.

This Bible is now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library.
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