MORRIS POE

ADA-Services for Morris Poe, 82, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Joe Dixon will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mr. Poe died Sunday, September 27, 2009 at his home. He was born November 21, 1926 at Ada, Oklahoma to Albert and Jennie Owens Poe. He attended Irving grade school and graduated from Ada High School in 1944. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy in 1944. He attended Boot Camp at the Naval Air Technology Training Center in Millington, Tennessee and was stationed in Guam as an Aviation Machinist and Postman. He was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1946.

He married Lois Jean Miller on October 10, 1948 in Gainesville, Texas. Mr. Poe was a longtime florist at Ada Greenhouse working there for almost 70 years. He and his wife became owners of Ada Greenhouse in the mid 1970's. In June, 2005, he was given a 25 year length of service award from the National Weather Service Cooperative Program for collecting daily temperature and rainfall data for the National Weather Service. He was a member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church

Survivors include his wife Lois Poe, of the home; a daughter, Susan Cartmell and husband Larry, Ada; a son, Scott Poe and wife Shana, Ada; his grandchildren, Jenny Cartmell, Norman, Mike Poe, Ada, Lori Poe, St. Peters, MO, Lauren Poe, Norman, and Charlesey Youngwolfe, Ada; and a sister, Marvanelle Walker, Healdton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Sammie Poe and Jack Poe and a sister, Faye Jeter.

Bearers will be Clint Sturdevant, Jack Wilkerson, Jim Gurley, Joe Lee Walker, Dr. Gordon Deen, and Kendall Cartmell.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada