Robert Edward Morris

Robert Edward Morris, 68, of Roanoke, Va., passed away Thursday, January 29, 2009, after a long battle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frances Mroz and Edward Joseph Morris, of Fall River, Mass. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Bob worked for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute for several years before becoming an Oceanographer for the United States Navy Department based in Washington, D.C. He operated Roy L. Webber Florist for the last 35 years. During that time, he served as Chairman and District Representative for the Virginia State FTD Unit, President of the Williamson Road Area Business Association, board member of the Better Business Bureau and was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke. He is survived by his wife of 38 years, Gladys Webber Morris; daughters, Wendy Morris Harless, of Kernersville, N.C., Michelle Kathryn Morris, of Weehawken, N.J., and Deborah Morris Jones, of Arlington, Va.; grandson, Spenser Harless; and sonsin-law, Steve Harless and Brian Jones. Bob will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and ardent Redskins fan. He will be sadly missed by his black labs, Thor and Freyja, and kitties, Sequin, Pumpkin and Napoleon. Services will be at Oakey's South Chapel at noon Monday, February 2, 2009. The Rev. Thomas Lee will officiate. Interment will follow in Fair View Cemetery, Roanoke. Visitation will be at Oakey's South Chapel 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, 2009. Arrangements by Oakey's South Chapel, 540-989-3131.