William Reid Morrison Jr.

1927 - 2014

William Reid Morrison, Jr. of Homosassa, Florida, passed away on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at the Hospice House in Lecanto, Florida. He was 87 years old.
He was born on January 11, 1927 in Brookline, Massachusetts to the late Dr. William R. Morrison, Sr. and Victoria E. (Benner) Morrison. He was one of four siblings in his family.
He was a graduate of Belmont High School (Class of 1944) in Massachusetts, Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Class of 1947), and Harvard College (Class of 1951). He attended Harvard Business School in 1953-54.
Bill married Ann Grayson McCoy of Stamford, Connecticut on September 14, 1963. They had three children – Sarah W. Fallon of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, James R. Morrison (Krissena) of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and William A. Morrison of Homosassa, Florida.
Bill worked for several organizations in his life. In his early years, he worked at the Sprague Steamship Company in Boston. He served in the U.S. Navy before and during the Korean War. After the Navy, he worked at Remington Rand UNIVAC, first as a programmer and then as a sales representative. He went on to become Vice-President – Sales for Investment Companies Services Corporation (ICSC) owned by Keystone Custodian Funds, Inc. Finally, Bill utilized his entrepreneurial spirit and opened his own broker and real estate investor business in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Bill was a Past Master of Harvard Masonic Lodge in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Simon Robinson Lodge in Lexington, Massachusetts. He served on numerous boards in Belmont and Cambridge, Massachusetts and was a volunteer at Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast facility in Florida.
His favorite place to summer was in Roland Park, Center Ossipee, New Hampshire with his family and friends which provided him with frequent swims in Little Dan Hole Pond.
He is survived by his wife and three children, his brother Donald C. Morrison of Sherborn, Massachusetts, his two sisters, Victoria E. Hughes of Issaquah, Washington and Cordelia K. Swanson of Portage, Indiana, and four grandchildren, Graham W. Fallon of North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, James R. Morrison, Jr., Abigail L. Morrison, and Ellen M. Morrison of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Funeral services will be conducted at Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, Massachusetts and a memorial service in Homosassa, Florida at a later date. His internment will take place at Willow Court, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts with military honors and a brief Masonic committal service conducted by The Harvard Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Simon W. Robinson Lodge, A.F. & A.M. of Lexington, Massachusetts.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to either the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 100 Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 02532 or to the Sancta Maria Nursing Facility, 799 Concord Ave., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.
Funeral arrangements were provided by Hooper Funeral Services in Homosassa, Florida and Faggas Funeral Home in Watertown, Massachusetts.