Raymond F. Morris

Raymond F. Morris

Raymond F. Morris was born January 28, 1933 in Port Angeles, WA to the late Harold and Valda Morris. He died March 13, 2011 of COPD. In 1951 he met Nancy Smith (born March 15, 1936) of Beacon Point Resort on Hood Canal. He and Nancy soon married, Ray in his Marine Corps uniform. While he spent his tour of duty in Korea, his daughter Susan was born in 1952. On leaving the Corps, Ray returned to Beacon Point where he and Nancy worked for her parents, the late Harry and Ruth Smith. Son Steven was born in 1955. Ray and Nancy managed the resort and sold oysters for new owners until they purchased the resort in the mid-60s. In 1968 their son Raymond Lee was born. The Morrises continued to farm oysters on site while the old cabins were sold, several to former visitors to the resort. Thanksgiving Day of 1998 brought tragedy when Ray and Nancy suffered a terrible fire in which they lost their home and, much worse, their son Lee. They returned to the property the next year and lived on the Canal until the fall of 2009 when they bought Nancy's dream home on Arcadia Road, Shelton. Nancy died on January 3rd of this year. Among his last words to her, Ray said he'd be following her soon, and so he did.
Raymond and Nancy were known, appreciated, and dearly loved for their friendliness, kindness, humor, generosity, and loving spirits. They are sorely missed by daughter Susan Parrington (Tad) of Kingston, WA; son Steven of Shelton, WA; child-of-the-heart Cindy Morrow (Jeff) of Shelton; Ray's sisters Beverly Davidson (Richard) and Lila Morris of Port Angeles; Nancy's brother Wally Smith (Leatha) of Port Hadlock; grandchildren Graham Parrington (Jana McKinley) of Olympia, WA and Sheela Shadforth (Mike) of Port Angeles; two great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and countless friends and neighbors.
Donations may be made to the American Lung Association, 2625 Third Ave. Seattle, WA 98121-1200 or the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 4002018, Des Moines, IA 50340-2018. Please contact McComb Funeral Home for service information 360-426-4803.