Funeral services for Phillip Dale Morris, 70, of Edmond, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Matthews Funeral Home Chapel.

Morris was born Dec. 27, 1938, in Pinto. He died Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, in Oklahoma City.

Morris was a 1957 graduate of Capitol Hill High School. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Navy from 1957-61, in Washington D.C., where he worked on early missile guidance systems. Morris later was a draftsman for production automation equipment and was employed at Fife Corp. for the majority of his career.

He was preceded in death by Twila Morris.

Survivors include his sons, David Morris and Robert Morris; his stepdaughter, Cheryl Wheeler; his stepsons, Steven Courcier and Jeff Courcier; his sister, Wanda Morris; and nine grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in the name of Phillip and Twila Morris to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for cancer research.

Twila Morris , 62, of Edmond, OK, departed this life and went to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 13, 2007.

She is survived by her loving husband, Phil Morris, mother, Helen Scheulen of McAlester, OK; children Cheryl Wheeler and her husband Victor of OKC, Steve Courcier and his wife Erika of N. Richland Hills, TX, Jeff Courcier and his wife Melinda of Edmond, OK; and step sons, Bob Morris of Austin, TX and David Morris and his wife Nancy of Tulsa, OK; as well as her sisters, Linda Tricarichi of Cleveland, OH and Vicki Thomas of McAlester, OK; brother David Scheulen of Houston, TX; and eight grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Scheulen. Twila was born in Okeene, OK in January of 1945. She was raised in Enid and then moved to OKC for high school at Putnam City. She built a professional career as an artist. She displayed her works throughout the state while winning multiple awards and later became a well regarded art teacher. Though she was efficient in multiple mediums and worked with a variety of subject matters, her greatest passion was for the beauty found in nature. Twila came to truly know Jesus Christ and gave herself to him later in life. Her faith was evident in the way she lived. She attended Henderson Hills Baptist Church where she reaffirmed her faith through baptism in October of last year. This faith, relationship with Christ along with her wonderful sense of humor and contagious smile not only provided her with the spirit to fight through a painful battle with cancer, it also gave her dedicated husband and loving family the courage to help see her through this difficult period. She died as she lived, gracefully and peacefully, on the day on which so many revered her - Mother's Day. For she was a truly devoted wife and mother who was "Mom" to many beyond her own children.

A service to celebrate her life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at Henderson Hill Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Cancer Society, ..., OKC, OK. Services are under the direction of the Matthews Funeral Home, Edmond, OK.