Marian Morriss

July 16, 1933 - January 23, 2022

Marian Morriss, wife, mom, grandmother, GG,and friend peacefully passed away January 22, 2022. Marian was 88 years young and loved life with a passion. Marian had many physical struggles in her life but she always had a quick smile to anyone who approached her. Marian loved her family and her friends. She loved to play bridge, read and travel until blindness stole those pleasures from her. It was said of Marian that she always had a bag packed and was ready to go….didn’t really matter where..it was the going that she loved and the shared adventures. She loved to hunt and fish with Bud, the love of her life. They traveled to Alaska to Salmon fish multiple times, the Amazon, multiple places in Mexico. Marian and Bud loved spending time with friends deer hunting in East Texas. Probably the best trip that the family went on was to Alaska to celebrate Marian and Buds 50th wedding Anniversary and Marians 80th Birthday. It was a great adventure and ended up at the Arctic Ocean and stayed in mining camps along the way. That fall the family spent Thanksgiving in New York City to tick off another item on Marians bucket list….The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Marian and Bud had some wonderful trips that did not include hunting and fishing…they spent 3 weeks in Australia and New Zealand, travelled to Kenya where Marian rode in a Hot Air Balloon over the Masai Mara National Reserve. Marian and her daughters Cathy and Shorty travelled extensively…San Francisco and Napa Valley, Boston and Nantucket, Maine, Charleston, Savannah, St Simon’s Island, Bahamas,Hong Kong, Turkey, London and Paris. She loved sharing her memories with anyone that would listen. Marian was born July 16, 1933 in Lamesa TX and grew up in Lubbock. She was the mom of Cathy Mitchell and Shorty Cate (Larry Dorich) and grandmother to Seth Mitchell (Nicole), Sarah Beltran(Saul) and Kelli Higginbotham(Bobby) and great grandmother to Maggie, Ella and Harlan Mitchell... Kenzie, Tiago and Jordi Beltran…Rylan, Jagan, Hazel Higginbotham and Prince. In 1985 Marian received Jesus as her Lord and Savior, and her life took on new meaning. She loved her family more because she was able to experience how her Lord loved her. She got involved in Bible Study and she and Bud started attending church. She loved praying for her family. Marian is preceded in death by her grandson Seth Mitchell in November and the love of her life of 58 years, Bud in December. Marian was an accomplished business woman who started her career as an apartment manager and rose to the position of Exective Vice President of Lazaus Property Corporation. She got her start in Dallas working for the HUB Apartments, then going to work for Glen Alexander with Preferred Property Corporation for over 25 years. During her tenure there she served as President of the Tarrant County Apartment Association. In 1984 she joined Sam Ware in his company, Dabney Corporation which later became Lazarus Property Corporation and stayed with Sam as Executive Vice President until her retirement in 2010. Marian’s celebration of life and burial will take place Thursday, February 17th, 2:00 pm at Restland in the Wildwood Chapel. http://webcast.funeralvue.com/events/viewer/68978/hash:9F5B46A7371D4901