Robert C. Morrison M.D.

Robert C. Morrison, MD

Alexandria - Dr. Robert Claude Morrison died at his home in Alexandria on Monday October 8, 2018, at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife of 58 years Charlot Pitts Morrison; son and daughter-in-law Dr. Robert John Morrison and Meeta Morrison of Austin, Texas; son and daughter-in law Dr. Maury Keesler Morrison and Elizabeth Craft Morrison of Alexandria; daughter and son-in law Isabel Morrison Dupre´ and Marcel James Dupre´ of Baton Rouge; grandchildren Ian Akash Morrison, Shivani Isabel Morrison, Meredith Ann Morrison, Margaret "Meg" Craft Morrison, Robert Keesler Morrison, Maura Morrison Dupre´, and Bailey Pierrel Dupre´; and sister Mary Frances Ross of Bryan, Texas.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Robert Irving Morrison and Doris Bracken Morrison.

Dr. Morrison was born on February 22, 1935 in Jasper, Texas. He graduated from Liberty High School, then attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he received a BS degree in 1957. From there he proceeded to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, where he received his medical degree in 1960, achieving membership in the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha. After an internship at King County Hospital, Seattle, Washington, he entered the U.S. Air Force, serving as a flight surgeon at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, prior to completing a residency in Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical School under the direction of Dr. Donald Seldin, with a subsequent year training in Cardiology. In 1967 he was stationed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. In 1968 for a year during the Vietnam War he was stationed in Utapao, Thailand, requiring training at jungle survival school. In 1969 he transferred to Keesler Air Force Base, and while there supervised evacuation and recovery efforts during Hurricane Camille. After ten years of active military service, in 1971 with the rank of Lt. Colonel, he moved with his family to Alexandria, Louisiana. He joined the Fireside Clinic, which later became the Freedman Clinic of Internal Medicine, where he served his patients practicing Internal Medicine for 46 years.

In his youth, Dr. Morrison was active in Boy Scouts, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout. Music played a large role in his life, as he played trumpet in school bands and sang in the Methodist Church choir in Liberty, Texas. At age 10, he proudly played taps at military funerals.

Dr. Morrison was an active staff member at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital and Rapides Regional Medical Center, and served as a trustee on the board of the Rapides Foundation. He held membership in the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, Rapides Parish Medical Society, Louisiana State Medical Society, and Southern Medical Association. Dr. Morrison was a longstanding member of the First United Methodist Church of Alexandria.

Visitation will be held at Kramer Funeral Home on Wednesday October 10, from 5 to 7 pm. Funeral services will be at First United Methodist Church on Thursday October 11, at 11 am with Rev. Ashley McGuire officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park, Pineville, Louisiana, under the direction of John Kramer & Son Funeral Home. Serving as pallbearers will be Dr. John Pitts Miller, Anthony Parish Miller, Gerald Andrew Newberger, Robert Keesler Morrison, Ian Akash Morrison, and Marcel James Dupre´.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 2727 Jackson Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71301. To extend online notes of condolence to the Morrison family, please visit www.KramerFunerals.com.