Dates

• Existence: 1908 - 2002

Biographical History

J. Carl Morrison (1908-2002) was a grounds administrator in Arizona and Utah.

James Carl Morrison was born on July 16, 1908 in Jefferson, Kentucky to James Anthony Morrison and Daisy Florence Welch. He and his family lived in Florida, and he eventually moved to New York where he worked as a riding instructor and groomer. In 1934 he married Mary Cecilia Bowen (1904-1965) in Bedford, New York, and they had two children. He later moved his family to Mesa, Arizona where he worked as the grounds superintendent for the Mesa Arizona School District. While there he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 he took the position of superintendent of grounds at Brigham Young University, in Provo, Utah. After the death of his wife, Mary, in 1965, he married Ruth Marie Riggs on June 16, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Morrison retired from the university in 1973, and died in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 22, 2002.

Citation:

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Jan. 14, 2014 (J. Carl Morrison; James Carl Morrison; b. July 16, 1908 in Jefferson, Ky.; parents: James Anthony Morrison and Daisy Florence Welch; lived in Florida (1920) and New York (1930); worked as riding instructor, groomer; m. Feb. 10, 1934 in Bedford, N.Y. to Mary Cecilia Bowen (1904-1965), two children; m. June 16, 1966 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ruth Marie Riggs; d. Aug. 22, 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah)

Familysearch, via WWW, Jan. 14, 2014 (James Carl Morrison; joined Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1951)

UPB files, Jan. 14, 2014 (served as grounds superintendent at Brigham Young University, 1954-1973)

Daily Herald, Aug. 25, 2002 (J. Carl Morrison; converted to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1952; served as temple worker in Provo Temple; Superintendent of Grounds for Mesa Arizona School District; Superintendent of Grounds at Brigham Young University)

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