Kay Morris

(From Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home)

Sandra Kay Morris, 77, of Webb City, Missouri, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in her heavenly home on January 11, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Kay was born March 1, 1944 in Pittsburg, Kansas, the daughter of Hester Louise and Harold B. Cooper. Kay grew up in Lamar, Missouri with her older brother Harold Richard Cooper.

Kay married Michael Payton Morris on October 25, 1964 in Lamar, Missouri. She and Mike lived in El Centro, California and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma while Mike served in the US Air Force. 

After Mike’s honorable discharge from the service, they moved to Independence, Missouri to raise their family. After thirteen years, Mike and Kay moved their family to Webb City, Missouri, where they have lived 42 years.

Over the years, Kay served her family through her homemaking. She greatly loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She made a lovely home, entertaining her family on birthdays and holidays. Cooking was one of her many talents, and she always made her family’s favorites. Kay also served the Lord by working alongside her husband to host Bible studies, their backyard Bible school in the summers, and encouraging her many friends and family. She has served as a Sunday School teacher, children’s church leader, church visitors’ contact and, later, organizing activities for older adults in her church, currently at Servant’s Church in Webb City. She served as a volunteer at Carterville Elementary School, earning the volunteer of the year for the Webb City School District. She made copies, served as room mother, and was a grandparent for students who didn’t have one on Grandparents’ Day.

Kay is survived by her husband, Mike Morris, Webb City, Missouri; her daughter Kris Williams and her husband, Rocky Williams; her son, Steve Morris, and his wife, Sherri Morris; her granddaughter Shayla Clark and her husband, Cameron Clark; her granddaughter Kassie Johnson and her husband Matt Johnson; her great grandchildren Laura, Carter, Brinkly, and Brixton.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, January 17, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City. The family will receive friends for visitation on Monday from 10:00 am until service time.

Due to the current health crisis, the family requests that masks be worn at all services.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home.