James Bryan Morrison Jr. ⁴¹⁹⁶

Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine
November 10, 2005

James B. Morrison, Jr.

FREEPORT - James B. Morrison Jr., formerly of Freeport, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005. He was 90.

James Morrison was superintendent of schools in Freeport from 1957 to 1965 and worked as a consultant in the State Department of Education from 1965 to 1974.

He was born in Bradford, the son of James B. and Hazel Morrison. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maine in Orono and his Ed.D from Boston University. Morrison served in teaching and administrative positions in Millinocket, Patten, Milo, and Mechanic Falls before coming to Freeport.

He was married to Charlotte Mower, who died in 1990. His eldest daughter, Nancy Morrill Bentley, died in 1991.

Morrison is survived by his wife, Athalie; and three children, James S. Morrison, Barbara Baehr, and Mary Suggs; 12 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and five stepchildren and their families.

Visiting hours will be from 7-9 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11 at Lindquist Funeral Home, 1 Mayberry Lane, Yarmouth. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 12 at the First Baptist Church of Freeport. Interment will be at Williams Cemetery, Bradford.

James married Athalie Lindsay Chase, daughter of Clyde Elwood Chase and Lula Delle Bishop, 5 September 1992.⁴¹⁹⁶ (Athalie Lindsay Chase was born 4 January 1915 in Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine,⁴¹⁹⁷ died 9 April 2006 in South Portland, Cumberland County, Maine ^4196,4198 and was buried 26 April 2006 in Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine at Mills Cemetery ⁴¹⁹⁶.)