{"id":1526,"date":"2026-10-31T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1526"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:32:09","slug":"morrison-work-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1526","title":{"rendered":"Morrison working lives and family connections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=12\">Morrison family<\/a> \u203a Morrison working lives and family connections<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">James, George, Delmar, and John\/Katherine\u2019s family accounts with relationship and obituary-source qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"james-robert-morrison\">James Robert Morrison: work and everyday life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Robert Morrison (1949\u20132022), son of John Michael and Katherine Pleyer Morrison, graduated from Salisbury High School in 1967. His obituary recalls Army service during the Vietnam era and a working life in sales for the Eskew plant in Cairo and Slater Wood Preserving. Away from work, he enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting and cars. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tributearchive.com\/obituaries\/25059109\/james-robert-morrison\">Read the obituary supplied by Summerville Funeral Home and Patton Funeral Home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The family connection is supported by Bridget\u2019s memoir, which names her brother John\u2019s wife Katherine Pleyer and their daughter Helen, and by James\u2019s obituary, which names the same parents and his sister Helen Beirne. This is an online funeral-home obituary; no newspaper issue or page has been established.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"george-morrison-family-career\">George Morrison: railroad work and family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael and Barbara\u2019s son George Lawrence Morrison made his home in Kansas City from 1961. His obituary recalls 30 years as a Norfolk Southern Railroad switchman and retirement in 1987. His first wife, Wanda Marilyn Gibson Morrison, died in 1979; he married Betty in 1986. The notice names his sons, Jack and Paul, and remembers his enjoyment of the outdoors and work on the family farm in Jefferson County, Kansas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2006 newspaper profile connects this family story with Paul Morrison\u2019s law career. Paul named George and Wanda as his parents, Jack as his brother and Joyce as his wife. He credited his parents\u2019 care and example, calling his father \u201cthe biggest influence in my life.\u201d The article traces his work in the Johnson County prosecutor\u2019s office from 1980; he became district attorney in 1989. Paul later served as Kansas attorney general from January 2007 to January 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/kansascity\/name\/george-morrison-obituary?id=4336449\">George Lawrence Morrison obituary, <em>Kansas City Star<\/em>, October 9, 2007<\/a> (via Legacy); <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110606050141\/http:\/\/cjonline.com\/stories\/102206\/leg_morrison.shtml\">Tim Carpenter, \u201cMorrison points to long law career,\u201d <em>The Topeka Capital-Journal<\/em>, October 22, 2006<\/a> (archived article); <a href=\"https:\/\/ksag.washburnlaw.edu\/attorneysgenerallist\/\">Washburn University School of Law, Kansas Attorneys General List<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"delmar-morrison-work-family\">Delmar Morrison: work and family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Delmar James Morrison\u2019s 2014 obituary records his work with Iron Workers Union Local 10 out of Kansas City. It also recalls his Navy service during World War II and his marriage to Ruth M. Bartholomew at St. Mary\u2019s in Wien on January 18, 1946.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summervillefuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/Delmar-James-Morrison?obId=25058233\">Delmar James Morrison obituary, Summerville Funeral Home and Patton Funeral Home<\/a>. This is a funeral-home obituary; no newspaper issue or page has been established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"john-katherine-morrison-family\">John and Katherine\u2019s family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Carl Edward Morrison\u2019s 2026 obituary, John and Katherine (Pleyer) Morrison had ten children. It also recalls Carl\u2019s work serving local farmers: he worked for John Deere implementers before opening Morrison Repair in Boonville. This adds to the family account preserved in <a href=\"#james-robert-morrison\">James Robert Morrison\u2019s obituary above<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/us\/obituaries\/name\/carl-morrison-obituary?id=61042875\">Carl Edward Morrison obituary, published by Summerville Funeral Home\u2013Salisbury through Legacy on March 17, 2026<\/a>. The family size and career details are the obituary\u2019s account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=12\">\u2190 Morrison family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1524\">Morrison stories: choose a topic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1522\">Morrison family line<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Morrison family \u203a Morrison working lives and family connections James, George, Delmar, and John\/Katherine\u2019s family accounts with relationship and obituary-source qualifications. James Robert Morrison: work and everyday life James Robert Morrison (1949\u20132022), son of John Michael and Katherine Pleyer Morrison, graduated from Salisbury High School in 1967. 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