Elise Brown Morris, born in Sparta, Tennessee on January 20, 1926, passed away peacefully at her home on October 27, 2024. She was the daughter of the late John Hobson Brown and Cindy Ann Bennett Brown.

Mrs. Morris graduated from White County High School in 1945. She attended Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI), which is now Tennessee Technological University, where she earned a teaching certificate. She taught elementary school at Cole's Chapel, Almyra and Black Oak elementary schools.

Mrs. Morris was a lifetime member of First Baptist Church in Sparta and was a former member of Pistole Baptist Church, which was the church she grew up attending.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Brock Morris, and their son, Luther Leon Morris, known to many as Luke; her sisters and brothers-in-law: Gladys Brown Carter (Lloyd W.); Enzena Brown Pierce (Thomas R.); Mae Brown McBride Howell (Jack and Richard); Jewel Brown Buck (Col. (Ret)) Robert H. Buck and twin brothers Perry and Paris Brown; brother and sister-in-law John H. Brown (Lois Lavern); and nieces Carolyn Carter Kimsey, Susan Pierce Duncan and Linda McBride Pace. They are all gone now but their legacy lives on in the differences they made in our lives and the images they left in our memories.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law Karen Morris Cooper and Charles Robert Cooper, along with their son Brock Cooper, who is Mrs. Morris's only grandchild, all of Sparta. Surviving nieces and nephews include Margaret Carter Spiron (Charlie) of Goldsboro, NC; Angeli Buck Swallows (Paul) of Cookeville; Robert Brown Buck of Smyrna; Portia Brown Prater of Smithville; Arrie Ann Pierce Fuqua of Madison; and the McBride Brothers Jack (Nancy), John and Jim of Michigan. Special niece Elizabeth Morris Powell (Dr. Joseph R.) of Rossville, TN.

Funeral services will be conducted 3:00pm Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from the Chapel of Hunter Funeral Home with burial in Old Zion Cemetery, The family will receive friends after 1:00pm Wednesday at Hunter Funeral Home. Brad Walker and Doug Benningfield will officiate.

Brock Cooper, Barry Kimsey, Robert Brown Buck, Mark Bandy, Denny Wayne Robinson and Dr. Joseph R. Powell will serve the family as pallbearers.

Honorary pallbearers will be Henry Foster and H. Buck Brown.

Memorial donations may be made to Old Zion Cemetery or First Baptist Church Loaves and Fishes food program, or a charity of your choice.